TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - The Kabbalah Centre and Contemporary Spirituality
JO  - Religion compass
A1  - Myers, Jody
SP  - 409
EP  - 420
VL  - 2
IS  - 3
N2  - This paper focuses on the Kabbalah Centre, an international new religious movement that popularizes formerly esoteric Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism) and attempts to spread it to a universal audience. Like many new religious movements, its cultural and social nonalignment fosters intense opposition as well as attraction, the latter most notably from celebrity followers such as Madonna. I summarize portions of my ethnographic and historical research to illumine some basic aspects of the movement: its connection to Jewish and Christian Kabbalah, its postmodern social structure, and its appeal to both people seeking a spiritual outlook and practice seemingly unconnected to normative, organized religion.<p /> 
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SN  - 1749-8171
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-8171.2008.00074.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -