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The Secret Religion of the Educated Classes
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The new religiosity of the sixties is identified as corresponding to Troeltsch's Spiritual and Mystic Religion. Its rise to prominence is thus associated with the gradual displacement of church religion, an interpretation of contemporary events that is consistent with the data on secularization and with the evidence in favor of a new religiosity. An explanation for this transition is sought in Troeltsch's observation that this form of religion possesses greater congruence with the values of students and the educated middle classes than either the church or sect type. As a consequence, the new religiosity is described, following Troeltsch, as the “secret religion of the educated classes”.
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“After 1968, Indian spirituality had a very visible presence in Western popular culture and many more people explored this 'milieu' than committed themselves to any single teacher (Campbell 1972 and 1978).”
From The development of modern yoga: A survey of the field (2009) · cites this paper as Campbell 1978
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- Authors
- Campbell, C.
- Affiliations
- University of York (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Campbell, Colin
- Venue
- Sociological Analysis
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1978
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 146
- ISSN
- 0038-0210 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2339607021
- Cited by
- 91
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Sociological Analysis (publishedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion and Society Interactions
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Study and Philosophy of Religion
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Keywords
- new religiosity, secularization, Karl Troeltsch, educated middle class, students, religious values
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