TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dawson,Andrew
ED  - NetLibrary, Inc.
TI  - New era, new religions: religious transformation in contemporary Brazil 
T2  - Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies
SN  - 9780754686552 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BL2590.B7 D39 2007eb
U1  - 200.981/090511 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Aldershot, England, Burlington, VT
PB  - Ashgate
KW  - Religion
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Brazil
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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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ER  -