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Prophets and protons : new religious movements and science in late twentieth-century America /

By the twentieth century, science had become so important that religious traditions had to respond to it. Emerging religions, still led by a living founder to guide them, responded with a clarity and focus that illuminates other larger, more established religions' understandings of science. The...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zeller, Benjamin E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2010.
Colección:New and alternative religions series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Science and the Unification Church
  • Introduction
  • Science and the foundation of unificationism
  • Science and the American Unification Church
  • Part II. Science and the Hare Krishna Movement
  • Introduction
  • Science and the foundation of the Hare Krishnas
  • Science and the expansion of ISKCON
  • Part III. Science and Heaven's Gate
  • Introduction
  • Science and the foundation of Heaven's Gate
  • Science and the end of Heaven's Gate
  • Conclusion.