Communities of dissent [[electronic resource] ] : a history of alternative religions in America / / Stephen J. Stein

• Autore: Stein Stephen J. <1940->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Disciplina: 291.9/0973
• Soggetto topico: Cults - United States - History; Sects - United States - History
• Soggetto geografico: United States Religion
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-155) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION: Talking About Religious Outsiders; CHAPTER ONE: Early Dissenters and Popular Religion; CHAPTER TWO: Peace Movements in Colonial America; CHAPTER THREE: Communitarians Living on the Margins; CHAPTER FOUR: Apocalyptic Traditions: Watching and Waiting for the End; CHAPTER FIVE: Healers and Occultists: Women of Spiritual Means; CHAPTER SIX: Sectarians in the City; CHAPTER SEVEN: Twentieth-Century Sects and Cults; CHRONOLOGY; FURTHER READING; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Alternative religious groups have had a profound influence on American history-they have challenged the old and opened up new ways of thinking about healing, modes of meaning, religious texts and liturgies, the social and political order, and the relationships between religion and race, class, gender, and region. Virtually always, the dramatic, dynamic history of alternative religions runs parallel to that of dissent in America. Communities of Dissent is an evenhanded and marvelously lively history of New Religious Movements in America. Stephen J. Stein describes the evolution and structure of
• Titolo autorizzato: Communities of dissent
• ISBN: 0-19-773866-4; 1-283-09786-9; 9786613097866; 0-19-976066-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789867303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II