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New age, neopagan, and new religious movements : alternative spirituality in contemporary America /
"New Age, Neopagan, and New Religious Movements is a comprehensive and user-friendly book devoted to the study of alternative spiritual currents in modern America. The book covers a wide range of new religions from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, including the Native American Church,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : the rise of new religions in modern America
- The Native American Church : ancient tradition in a modern legal context
- Mormonism : polygamy, marriage, and the law
- Spiritualism : women, mediums, and messages from other worlds
- The Nation of Islam and the five percenters : race, religion, and hip hop
- Rastafari : messianism, music, and ganja
- The Church of Scientology : new religions and tax exemption
- Wicca and Neopaganism : feminism and environmentalism
- Modern Satanism : religious parody and Satanic panic
- ISKCON (Hare Krishna) : Eastern religions in modern America
- Channeling and the new age : alternative spirituality in popular culture and media
- Peoples Temple : mass suicide, media, and the "cult" label
- The Branch Davidians : millenarian movements and religious freedom
- The Raëlians: UFOs and human cloning
- Appendix : method and theory in the study of new religions.