New Age and Environment: New Forms of Spirituality and Lifestyle in the Context of Secularization?

From the middle of 20th century, rise anthropocentric beliefs partly inherited from Abrahamic religions led to a change in mentality about ecosystems. The measurable signs environmental exploitation and destruction their consequences for human health, shift post-materialist values, growth ethical philosophies (Land ethics, Gaia Hypothesis, Deep Ecology) were predictors global ecological awareness. Progressively, cultures (which are inseparable religion) have become priority understanding relationships with natural world. Alongside beliefs, individual subjectivities, influenced by New Age, also positively affect sustainable values practices. One community manifestations that demonstrate this is ecovillage phenomenon. sociological study these new social realities Age relevant field research frame secularization or criticism paradigm.