LEADER 03867nam 22006734a 450 001 9910791572503321 005 20230124184434.0 010 $a0-8147-9749-0 010 $a0-8147-9726-1 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814797495 035 $a(CKB)2560000000054005 035 $a(EBL)866140 035 $a(OCoLC)779828439 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000426306 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11294778 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000426306 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10372979 035 $a(PQKB)10363082 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001325822 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC866140 035 $a(OCoLC)680017761 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10177 035 $a(DE-B1597)546902 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814797495 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL866140 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10428919 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000054005 100 $a20090915d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aProphets and protons$b[electronic resource] $enew religious movements and science in late twentieth-century America /$fBenjamin E. Zeller 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (238 p.) 225 1 $aThe new and alternative religions series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-9721-0 311 $a0-8147-9720-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Section I: Science and the Unification Church -- Introduction to Section I -- Science and the foundation of unificationism -- Science and the American Unification Church -- Section II: Science and the Hare Krishna Movement -- Introduction to Section II -- Science and the foundation of the Hare Krishnas -- Science and the expansion of Iskcon -- Section III: Science and Heaven's Gate -- Introduction to Section III -- Science and the foundation of Heaven's Gate -- Science and the end of Heaven's Gate. 330 $aBy the twentieth century, science had become so important that religious traditions had to respond to it. Emerging religions, still led by a living founder to guide them, responded with a clarity and focus that illuminates other larger, more established religions? understandings of science. The Hare Krishnas, the Unification Church, and Heaven?s Gate each found distinct ways to incorporate major findings of modern American science, understanding it as central to their wider theological and social agendas. In tracing the development of these new religious movements? viewpoints on science during each movement?s founding period, we can discern how their views on science were crafted over time. These NRMs shed light on how religious groups?new, old, alternative, or mainstream?could respond to the tremendous growth of power and prestige of science in late twentieth-century America.In this engrossing book, Zeller carefully shows that religious groups had several methods of creatively responding to science, and that the often-assumed conflict-based model of ?science vs. religion? must be replaced by a more nuanced understanding of how religions operate in our modern scientific world. 410 0$aNew and alternative religions series. 606 $aReligion and science$zUnited States$y20th century 606 $aReligion and science$zUnited States$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xReligion$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xReligion$y21st century 615 0$aReligion and science 615 0$aReligion and science 676 $a201/.65097309045 700 $aZeller$b Benjamin E$01034573 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791572503321 996 $aProphets and protons$93865198 997 $aUNINA