TY - BOOK AU - Dawson,Andrew TI - New era, new religions: religious transformation in contemporary Brazil T2 - Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies SN - 9780754686552 AV - BL2590.B7 D39 2007eb U1 - 200.981/090511 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Aldershot, England, Burlington, VT PB - Ashgate KW - Religion KW - History KW - 21st century KW - Histoire KW - 21e siècle KW - RELIGION KW - bisacsh KW - TRAVEL KW - Special Interest KW - Religious KW - Ethnic & Tribal KW - fast KW - Brazil KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=270415 ER -