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Book Reviews BOOK REVIEWS D aren K emp . New Age: A Guide. Alternative Spiritualities from Aquarian Conspiracy to New Age. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2003. ISBN 0 7486 1532 6 (paperback), 208 pp. GBP 16.99. With New Age: A Guide , Daren Kemp has done everyone interested in the New Age phenomenon a great service. While even mature scholars in the fi eld will learn something from it, it is the student or young researcher who will fi nd it a veritable gold mine. For anyone embarking on research in this fi eld it is an indis- pensable fi rst step. This does not mean that the book is in any way super fi cial. It is, in fact, an insightful and comprehensive guide through a fi eld of study that is attracting an ever increasing number of scholars in di ff erent disciplines. Kemp begins his guide by providing an overview of de fi nitions (from insiders, Christians, and scholars) and shows that the type of de fi nition used for the pheno- menon is usually a Family Resemblance-type of de fi nition, where a one-to-many relationship is employed. Where the de fi nition covers multiple possible charac- http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Religion and Theology Brill

Book Reviews

Religion and Theology , Volume 13 (3-4): 419 – Jan 1, 2006
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Brill
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© 2006 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1023-0807
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1574-3012
DOI
10.1163/157430106779024699
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BOOK REVIEWS D aren K emp . New Age: A Guide. Alternative Spiritualities from Aquarian Conspiracy to New Age. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2003. ISBN 0 7486 1532 6 (paperback), 208 pp. GBP 16.99. With New Age: A Guide , Daren Kemp has done everyone interested in the New Age phenomenon a great service. While even mature scholars in the fi eld will learn something from it, it is the student or young researcher who will fi nd it a veritable gold mine. For anyone embarking on research in this fi eld it is an indis- pensable fi rst step. This does not mean that the book is in any way super fi cial. It is, in fact, an insightful and comprehensive guide through a fi eld of study that is attracting an ever increasing number of scholars in di ff erent disciplines. Kemp begins his guide by providing an overview of de fi nitions (from insiders, Christians, and scholars) and shows that the type of de fi nition used for the pheno- menon is usually a Family Resemblance-type of de fi nition, where a one-to-many relationship is employed. Where the de fi nition covers multiple possible charac-

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