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The Mystical Geography of Quebec Catholic Schisms and New Religious Movements
Title
The Mystical Geography of Quebec [electronic resource] : Catholic Schisms and New Religious Movements / edited by Susan J. Palmer, Martin Geoffroy, Paul L. Gareau.
ISBN
9783030330620
Edition
1st ed. 2020.
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Physical Description
1 online resource (XIII, 274 p).
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Summary
This study of new religious movements in Quebec focuses on nine groups—including the notoriously violent Solar Temple; the iconoclastic Temple of Priapus; and the various “Catholic” schisms, such as those led by a mystical pope; the Holy Spirit incarnate; or the reappearance of the Virgin Mary. Eleven contributing authors offer rich ethnographies and sociological insights on new spiritual groups that highlight the quintessential features of Quebec's new religions (“sectes” in the francophone media). The editors argue that Quebec provides a favorable “ecology” for alternative spirituality, and explore the influences behind this situation: the rapid decline of the Catholic Church after Vatican Il; the “Quiet Revolution,” a utopian faith in Science; the 1975 Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms; and an open immigration that welcomes diverse faiths. The themes of Quebec nationalism found in prophetic writings that fuel apocalyptic ferment are explored by the editors who find in these sectarian communities echoes of Quebec’s larger Sovereignty movement. .
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 13, 2020
Series
Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities
Contents
Chapter 1: Quebec’s New Religions in Social and Historical Context
Chapter 2: New Religious Studies in Quebec since 1944: A Literature Review
Chapter 3: The Army of Mary: Quebec Nationalism and Catholic Heterodoxy
Chapter 4: The Pilgrims of Saint Michael: Preserving Quebec’s Traditional “Intégriste” Catholicism
Chapter 5: La Mission de l’Esprit Saint and Quebec’s Holy Spirit Incarnate
Chapter 6: Dr. Henry Morgentaler, “Arch-Abortionist” and Humanist: An Unbeliever’s Pro-Choice Campaign in Quebec and Canada
Chapter 7: The Temple of Priapus: Contemporary Phallus Worshippers in Montreal
Chapter 8: The Christian Essene Church: Freedom of Religion in the “Land of the Maple”
Chapter 9: The Apostles of Infinite Love and the “Hidden Children of St Jovite”
Chapter 10: The Solar Temple in Quebec and the Saint-Casimir “Transit”
Chapter 11: Roch Theriault and the Holy Moses Mountain Family (“Ant Hill Kids”).
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