Define New Age Movement and explain the growth of new age movement with few examples.

"New Age Movement" term given by Troeltsch reflect the shift from the traditional political based movements in till 1950s to new socio-cultural-lifestyle based movement such as LGBTQ movement, climate change related movement.

Habermas describes that New Age Movement are adopting new methodology like alternate festivals, sitins, lobbying for propagation of their ideas.

They effectively using massmedia as a tool to go beyond political rights to lifestyle and social equality based demands.

Example > Greenpeace is engaged in climate activism across the world advocating against developmental projects which have an impact on environment.

Some new age movement have also gained the colours of traditional movements have become organised, bureaucratic and traditional.