New era, new religions : religious transformation in contemporary Brazil / / Andrew Dawson.
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| Superior document: | Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies |
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies.
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| Physical Description: | 185 p. |
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Table of 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 Mestico 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.