Prophets and protons [[electronic resource] ] : new religious movements and science in late twentieth-century America / / Benjamin E. Zeller

• Autore: Zeller Benjamin E
• Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Disciplina: 201/.65097309045
• Soggetto topico: Religion and science - United States - 20th century; Religion and science - United States - 21st century
• Soggetto geografico: United States Religion 20th century; United States Religion 21st century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: By 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Prophets and protons
• ISBN: 0-8147-9749-0; 0-8147-9726-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791572503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New and alternative religions series.