Prophets and Protons : : New Religious Movements and Science in Late Twentieth-Century America / / Benjamin E. Zeller.

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• VerfasserIn: Zeller, Benjamin E.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: North American Religions ; 4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

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...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• PART I SCIENCE AND THE UNIFICATION CHURCH
• Introduction
• 1 Science and the Foundation of Unificationism
• 2 Science and the American Unification Church
• PART II SCIENCE AND THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
• Introduction
• 3 Science and the Foundation of the Hare Krishnas
• 4 Science and the Expansion of ISKCON
• PART III SCIENCE AND HEAVEN’S GATE
• Introduction
• 5 Science and the Foundation of Heaven’s Gate
• 6 Science and the End of Heaven’s Gate
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Works Cited
• Index
• About the Author