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New era, new religions [electronic resource] : religious transformation in contemporary Brazil / Andrew Dawson.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studiesPublication details: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.Description: 185 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780754686552 (electronic bk.)
  • 0754686558 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 200.981/090511 22
  • 299.891 22
LOC classification:
  • BL2590.B7 D39 2007eb
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Contents:
Mapping the religious landscape. Colonial beginnings ; Emerging pluralization ; Further pluralization ; Established diversity -- Neo-esoteric religiosity. Contemporary neo-esotericism ; Temple of Good Will ; Valley of the Dawn ; Gnostic Church of Brazil -- Ayahuasca religions of Brazil. Indigenous and Mestiço origins ; Ayahuasca religion in Brazil ; Expansion and diversification ; Conclusion -- New era discourse. Course in new Gnosis ; Architectonic motifs of new era discourse ; The diffusion of new era discourse -- New era religiosity in late-modern perspective. A broadened religious spectrum ; An enhanced capacity to choose ; Social transformation ; The meeting of the What and the How.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-177) and index.

Mapping the religious landscape. Colonial beginnings ; Emerging pluralization ; Further pluralization ; Established diversity -- Neo-esoteric religiosity. Contemporary neo-esotericism ; Temple of Good Will ; Valley of the Dawn ; Gnostic Church of Brazil -- Ayahuasca religions of Brazil. Indigenous and Mestiço origins ; Ayahuasca religion in Brazil ; Expansion and diversification ; Conclusion -- New era discourse. Course in new Gnosis ; Architectonic motifs of new era discourse ; The diffusion of new era discourse -- New era religiosity in late-modern perspective. A broadened religious spectrum ; An enhanced capacity to choose ; Social transformation ; The meeting of the What and the How.

Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.

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