Paul Heelas

Paul Heelas, Professor in Religion and Modernity at Lancaster University.

"I am especially interested in exploring 'spiritualities of life' (and theistic spiritualities within mainstream forms of religion) in connection with: (a) major cultural developments in 'western' settings, including the turn to the self which emphasises the quality of subjective-life by way of both autonomy and relationality; and, more specifically, (b) the development of spirituality within subjective wellbeing culture, soft capitalism, and educational and health services." CV

Books

 * Paul Heelas, The New Age Movement: The Celebration of the Self and the Sacralization of Modernity (Blackwell, 1996).
 * Paul Heelas and Linda Woodhead, The Spiritual Revolution. Why Religion is Giving Way to Spirituality (Blackwell, 2005).
 * Paul Heelas, Spiritualities of Life: New Age Romanticism and Consumptive Capitalism (Blackwell, 2008).

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * Steve Bruce