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New Age, Neopagan, and New Religious Movements

Alternative Spirituality in Contemporary America [Paperback]

by Hugh B. Urban

    • Author

      Hugh B. Urban

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      University of California Press

    • Published

      September 2015

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      "New Age, Neopagan, and New Religious Movements" is a comprehensive study of alternative spiritual currents in modern America. Hugh Urban covers a range of emerging religions from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, including the Native American Church, Mormonism, Spiritualism, Scientology, the Nation of Islam, ISKCON, Wicca, the Church of Satan, Peoples Temple, and the Branch Davidians. Each chapter focuses on one important issue involving a particular faith group that raises larger issues in the study of religion and American culture, such as the role of women and feminism in Wicca and the debate over human cloning in the Raelian movement. Urban also addresses key theoretical and methodological issues in the study of new religions: Why has there been such a tremendous proliferation of new spiritual forms in the past 150 years, even as our society has become increasingly rational, scientific, technological, and secular? Why has the United States become the heartland for the explosion of new religious movements? How do we deal with complex legal debates, such as the use of peyote by the Native American Church or the practice of plural marriage by some Mormon communities? And how do we navigate issues of religious freedom and privacy in an age of religious violence, terrorism, and government surveillance?

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      • Author

        Hugh B. Urban

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        University of California Press

      • Published

        September 2015

      • Weight

        568g

      • Page Count

        336

      • Dimensions

        173 x 252 x 23 mm

      • ISBN

        9780520281189

      • ISBN-10

        0520281187

      • Eden Code

        4335958

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      • Author/Creator: Hugh B. Urban

      • ISBN: 9780520281189

      • Publisher: University of California Press

      • Release Date: September 2015

      • Weight: 568g

      • Dimensions: 173 x 252 x 23 mm

      • Eden Code: 4335958


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