The Body
| Dublin Core | PKP Metadata Items | Metadata for this Document | |
| 1. | Title | Title of document | The Body - AoL East and West |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Inga Bårdsen Tøllefsen; University of Tromsø.; Norway |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Milda Ališauskienė; Vytautas Magnus University; Lithuania |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | James R. Lewis; University of Tromsø; Norway |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Religious Studies |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | body; health and self-development; Art of Living Foundation; New Age practices; gender and NRMs |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | Here the main focus is on examining the connection between body, health and self-development and AoL/SKY practice. Respondents’ answers have highlighted this connection, and we deem it an important focus point for the rationale of SKY practice. Further, as the practitioners in AoL (especially in Norway) seem to be overwhelmingly female, we will focus on various perspectives on gender in NRMs, and in Art of Living more particularly. The authors will examine the teachings/ethos/practice of the organization for that might explain the attraction for women. The same pattern of gender distribution characterizes many other NRMs/New Age practices. Based on available material (both literature, observational and survey data) we will pay some attention to matters of power, body and sexuality, and how these are performed within this particular NRM. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| 8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Oct-2026 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | case study |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/22341 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.22341 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; AoL East and West |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
international, contemporary |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |