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New era, new religions : religious transformation in contemporary Brazil / Andrew Dawson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studiesPublication details: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007.Description: 1 online resource (185 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780754686552
  • 0754686558
  • 1317088484
  • 9781317088486
  • 1317088476
  • 9781317088479
  • 1281099228
  • 9781281099228
  • 9786611099220
  • 6611099220
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: New era, new religions.DDC classification:
  • 200.981/090511 22
  • 299.891 22
LOC classification:
  • BL2590.B7 D39 2007eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)270415

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-177) and index.

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.

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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English.