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005			20251028093410.0
008			150303s2015 cau b 001 0 eng c
010			_a 2015008737
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020			_a9780520281172 (cloth : alk. paper)
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020			_z0520962125 (ebook)
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100	1		_aUrban, Hugh B. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aNew age, neopagan, and new religious movements : _balternative spirituality in contemporary America / _cHugh B. Urban.
264		1	_aOakland, California : _bUniversity of California Press, _c2015
264		4	_c2015
300			_ax, 318 pages ; _c27 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"New Age, Neopagan, and New Religious Movements is a comprehensive and user-friendly book devoted to the study of alternative spiritual currents in modern America. The book covers a wide range of new religions from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, including the Native American Church, Mormonism, Spiritualism, Scientology, the Nation of Islam, Rastafari, ISKCON, Wicca, the Church of Satan, Peoples Temple, Branch Davidians, and the Ra�elians. Each chapter focuses on one key issue or debate that raises larger issues in the study of religion and American culture more broadly, such as the legality of peyote in the Native American Church, the role of women and feminism in Wicca, the role of hip hop and reggae music in the spread of the Nation of Islam and Rastafari, and the debate over human cloning in the Ra�elian movement. The book also addresses key theoretical and methodological problems in the study of new religions: Why has there been such a tremendous proliferation of new spiritual forms in the past 150 years, even amid our increasingly rational, scientific, technological, and 'secular' society? Why has the United States become the heartland for the explosion of new religious movements? How do we deal with complex legal debates such as the use of peyote by the Native American Church, the use of marijuana by Rastafarians, or the practice of plural marriage by some Mormon communities? And how do we navigate issues of religious freedom and privacy in a new age of religious violence, terrorism, and government surveillance?"--Provided by publisher.
505	0		_aIntroduction : the rise of new religions in modern America -- The Native American Church : ancient tradition in a modern legal context -- Mormonism and plural marriage : the LDS and the FLDS -- Spiritualism : women, mediums, and messages from other worlds -- The Nation of Islam and the five percenters : race, religion, and hip hop -- Rastafari : messianism, music, and ganja -- The Church of Scientology : new religions and tax exemption -- Wicca and Neopaganism : magic, feminism, and environmentalism -- The Church of Satan and the Temple of Set : religious parody and Satanic panic -- ISKCON (Hare Krishna) : Eastern religions in America and the "brainwashing" debate -- Channeling and the new age : alternative spirituality in popular culture and media -- Peoples Temple : mass murder-suicide, the media, and the "cult" label -- The Branch Davidians : millenarian movements, religious freedom, and privacy -- The Ra�elians: UFOs and human cloning -- Appendix : method and theory in the study of new religions.
650		0	_aCults _zUnited States.
650		0	_aSects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aOccultism _zUnited States.
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