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100	1		_aUrban, Hugh B.
245	1	0	_aNew Age, Neopagan, and New Religious Movements : _bAlternative Spirituality in Contemporary America.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aBerkeley : _bUniversity of California Press, _c2015.
264		4	_c©2015.
300			_a1 online resource (329 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aCover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: The Rise of New Religions in Modern America -- 2 The Native American Church: Ancient Tradition in a Modern Legal Context -- 3 Mormonism and Plural Marriage: The LDS and the FLDS -- 4 Spiritualism: Women, Mediums, and Messages from Other Worlds -- 5 The Nation of Islam and the Five Percenters: Race, Religion, and Hip-Hop -- 6 Rastafari: Messianism, Music, and Ganja -- 7 The Church of Scientology: New Religions and Tax Exemption -- 8 Wicca and Neopaganism: Magic, Feminism, and Environmentalism -- 9 The Church of Satan and the Temple of Set: Religious Parody and Satanic Panic -- 10 ISKCON (Hare Krishna): Eastern Religions in America and the "Brainwashing" Debate -- 11 Channeling and the New Age: Alternative Spirituality in Popular Culture and Media -- 12 Peoples Temple: Mass Murder-Suicide, the Media, and the "Cult" Label -- 13 The Branch Davidians: Millenarian Movements, Religious Freedom, and Privacy -- 14 The Raëlians: UFOs and Human Cloning -- Appendix: Method and Theory in the Study of New Religions -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y.
520			_aNew Age, Neopagan, and New Religious Movements is the most extensive study to date of modern American alternative spiritual currents. Hugh B. Urban covers a range of emerging religions from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, including the Nation of Islam, Mormonism, Scientology, ISKCON, Wicca, the Church of Satan, Peoples Temple, and the Branch Davidians. This essential text engages students by addressing major theoretical and methodological issues in the study of new religions and is organized to guide students in their learning. Each chapter focuses on one important issue involving a particular faith group, providing readers with examples that illustrate larger issues in the study of religion and American culture. Urban addresses such questions as, Why has there been such a tremendous proliferation of new spiritual forms in the past 150 years, even as our society has become increasingly rational, scientific, technological, and secular? 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 or the practice of plural marriage by some Mormon communities? And how do we navigate issues of religious freedom and privacy in an age of religious violence, terrorism, and government surveillance?.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aCults -- United States.
650		0	_aOccultism -- United States.
650		0	_aSects -- United States.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aUrban, Hugh B. _tNew Age, Neopagan, and New Religious Movements _dBerkeley : University of California Press,c2015 _z9780520281172
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
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