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Free 21-page sample
Read a Free 21-Page Sample
Explore the ideas at the heart of a major new sociological study of religion, modernity, technology and the transformation of belief.
- The full Preface — a personal and intellectual introduction
- Selected material from Chapter 1: Setting the Scene
- A contemporary extract from Chapter 10: From Instagram Shamans to AI Oracles
- An introduction to the book's central argument — modernity reorganises meaning, it does not eliminate it
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Inside the Sample
What You'll Read
The Preface
A personal and intellectual introduction to a book more than two decades in the making.
Setting the Scene
Why New Religious and Spiritual Movements are central to understanding modernity, identity and the enduring search for meaning.
From Instagram Shamans to AI Oracles
How platforms, algorithms and artificial intelligence are transforming spiritual authority and belief.
The author
Dr Kion Ahadi is a sociologist writing on religion, modernity and technology. This book distils research developed over two decades into a new account of how belief and meaning are transformed — not erased — in the digital age.
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