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New era, new religions religious transformation in contemporary Brazil
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New era, new religions [electronic resource] : religious transformation in contemporary Brazil / Andrew Dawson.
ISBN
9780754654339 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0754654338 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.
Physical Description
185 p. ; 24 cm.
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Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 11, 2011
Series
Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-177) and index.
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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