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Autore: |
Dawson Andrew <1966->
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Titolo: |
New era, new religions [[electronic resource] ] : religious transformation in contemporary Brazil / / Andrew Dawson
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Pubblicazione: | Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (196 p.) |
Disciplina: | 200.981/090511 |
Soggetto topico: | Religion - History - 21st century |
Soggetto geografico: | Brazil Religion |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-177) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | New era, new religions ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-317-08848-4 |
1-317-08847-6 | |
1-281-09922-8 | |
9786611099220 | |
0-7546-8655-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910451388803321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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