New Spiritualities and the Cultures of Well-being (Religion, Spirituality and Health: A Social Scientific Approach, 6)

"Inspired by the neoliberal paradigm that transposes religious behaviors into a religious marketplace framed by consumerist and capitalist models, this volume draws on ethnographic fieldwork to discuss the assemblage between the well-being trope and the rise of new spiritualities, as well as their deep permeation within mainstream culture. Building on previous literature that addresses the relationship between spirituality, healing and well-being, this text discusses the religious roots of mind-body practices. The contributions offer a critical perspective on the scope, limits and impacts of the current celebration of spiritualities. Part I provides theoretical insights for thinking about ways in which the prevalent ethics of well-being reframes subjectivities within the margins of neoliberal order. Part II demonstrates how spiritual economies are promoted, shaped and regulated by institutional forces such as States, law and the labor market. In part III, contributors describe in detail how spiritual economies unfold in specific cultural and social settings. The text appeals to students and researchers working on the spirituality and sociology of religion."--Page 4 de la couverture Contents Introduction: Spirituality, Well-Being and the Neoliberal Canopy 1 Neoliberalism and Religion 2 Spirituality and Social Sciences 3 Spiritualities and the Subject 4 Spirituality and Well-Being in a Neoliberal Age 5 The Contributions in This Volume References How Can a Subject Be More Than Himself? Spiritual Subjectivities and Well-Being in Portuguese Spiritism and the New Spiritualities 1 Previous Theoretical Settings: On the Concept of “Subject” and the Possibility of Not Being Oneself 2 Lena and José:3 Leaving the Jehovah Witnesses and Joining a Methodist Church 3 The Theoretical Pitfall of Well-Being as an “Alter” 4 Looking for the Agent: The Fear of Witchcraft and Gender Troubles in Spiritist Centers 5 Well-Being Between Depression and Obsession: Vagueness in Subject-Agent Relational Attributions 6 Conclusion References Spirituality, Self-Help, and Subjective Wellbeing Culture 1 Research Methods 2 The “Triumph of the Therapeutic” 3 “Spirituality” and Subjective Wellbeing Culture 4 New Age Self-Help 5 Charismatic Christian Self-Help 6 Nonspiritual Self-Help 7 Conclusion: Blurring the Religious, Spiritual, and Secular References Religious Conversions and New Spiritual Economies 1 Long-Term Fieldwork Among New Muslims 2 Psychologizing Religious Practice: Islam as a Way of Interacting in the World 3 Institutionalizing Emotional Coaching: Training Muslim Support Figures 4 Appropriating Rational Emotional Tools: Shaping “The Good Muslim” 5 Conclusion References Smudging, Yoga and Ethical Veganism: Exploring the Boundaries of Religious and Spiritual Practice in Law 1 Servatius v. Alberni School District No. 70 2 Sedlock v. Baird 3 Casamitjana v. The League Against Cruel Sports 4 Conclusions References Economic Reforms and Spiritual Transformations? Iran from the 1990s 1 Ethics of Self-Spirituality and a Dominant Ethos of Consumerism in Post-revolutionary Iran: A Historical Review 2 Idiosyncratic Combinations: “I Choose” 3 Cultural Capital and Aspiration of Climbing the Social Ladder: “I Progress” 4 Psychologizing Social Life: “I Accept What Is, as It Is” 5 Conclusion References When Spirituality Becomes Spiritual Labour: Workplace Mindfulness as a Practice of Well-Being and Productivity 1 Ethnographic Research on Corporate Mindfulness 2 Mindfulness in the Corporate World 2.1 Holistic Worker 2.2 Coaxing and Controlling Spirituality 2.3 Spirituality as a Solution for Work-Related Problems 2.4 Spirituality as Performance 3 Conclusion: Spiritual Labour References The Data Literature The Entanglement of Spirituality, Wellbeing and ‘Spiritual Economy’ in Brazil: The Shift from ‘Living Well Together’ to ‘Leading a Good Life’ 1 Wellbeing as “Living Well Together” 2 Spiritism and Its Place in the Brazilian Health Care System 3 Wellbeing as “Leading a Good Life” 4 Spiritual Economy of Brazil: The Entanglement of Spirituality and Wellbeing 5 Conclusion References Wellness in the Wild: Reverential Naturalism in the Pacific Northwest 1 The Region 2 Reverential Naturalism 3 Purity as Problem and Promise 4 Conclusion References Nature Connection as Spirituality, Wellbeing Practice, and Subjective Activism 1 The Nature Connection Movement 1.1 A New Self and a New World 1.2 Community and Communication 1.3 Cultivation of Experience 1.4 Ritual Practices 2 The Potential Impacts of Subjective Activism 2.1 Experience and Social Relations 2.2 Conclusions Sources and References Unpublished Sources References Do Gaga, Be Well? Well-Being as Intersectional Dispositif in the Neo-spiritual Israeli Movement Practice Gaga 1 The Israeli Context, the Field Work, and Gaga Practice 2 The Supply Side: Do Gaga, Be Well! 3 The Demand Side: Gaga’s Well-Being Techniques and Experiences 4 Discussion of Case Study: Intended and Unintended Establishment of the Ethics of Well-Being 5 Conclusion: The Multi-relational Well-Being Dispositif 6 Outlook: Does Well-Being Culture Teeter on the Brink? References Correction to: New Spiritualities and the Cultures of Well-being Correction to: G. Mossière (ed.), New Spiritualities and the Cultures of Well-being, Religion, Spirituality and Health: A Social Scientific Approach 6, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06263-6