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UNINA9910828948003321 |
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Autore |
Dawson Andrew <1966-> |
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Titolo |
New era, new religions : religious transformation in contemporary Brazil / / Andrew Dawson |
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Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-315-59795-0 |
1-317-08848-4 |
1-317-08847-6 |
1-281-09922-8 |
9786611099220 |
0-7546-8655-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (196 p.) |
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Collana |
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Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Religion - History - 21st century |
Brazil Religion |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-177) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 Mestico 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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Sommario/riassunto |
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New Era - New Religions examines new forms of religion in Brazil. To better understand the changing face of 21st Century religion, New Era - New Religions situates the rise of new era religiosity within the broader context of late-modern society and its ongoing transformation. |
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