America's Alternative Religions This is a single-volume source of reliable information on the most important alternative religions, covering for each such essentials as history, theology, impact on the culture, and current status. The chapters of the book were written by experts who study the movements they have written about. |
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GURDJlEFF IN AMERICA AN OVERVIEW | 259 |
SUBUD | 267 |
AfricanAmerican Freedom Movements | 275 |
BLACK JEWS AND BLACK MUSLIMS | 277 |
FATHER DIVINES PEACE MISSION MOVEMENT | 285 |
SANTERIA AND VODOU IN THE UNITED STATES | 291 |
THE RASTAFARI ABROAD | 297 |
PEOPLES TEMPLE | 303 |
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Contemporary Christian and Jewish Movements | 99 |
ROMAN CATHOLIC TRADITIONALISM | 101 |
HASIDISM AND ITS EFFECTS ON ALTERNATIVE JEWISH MOVEMENTS IN AMERICA | 109 |
GOD AND RACE BRITISHISRAELISM AND CHRISTIAN IDENTITY | 119 |
THE CHILDREN OF GOD | 127 |
THE BOSTON CHURCH OF CHRIST | 133 |
FROM HOLY ORDER OF MANS TO CHRIST THE SAVIOR BROTHERHOOD THE RADICAL TRANSFORMATION OF AN ESOTERIC CHRIST... | 141 |
THE BRANCH DAVIDIANS A SOCIAL PROFILE AND ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY | 149 |
Religions from Asia | 159 |
BUDDHISM IN AMERICA THE DHARMA IN THE LAND OF THE RED MAN | 161 |
HINDUISM ARRIVES IN AMERICA THE VEDANTA MOVEMENT AND THE SELFREALIZATION FELLOWSHIP | 173 |
HINDU MOVEMENTS SINCE MIDCENTURY YOGIS IN THE STATES | 191 |
HARE KRISHNA IN AMERICA GROWTH DECLINE AND ACCOMMODATION | 215 |
THE UNIFICATION CHURCH | 223 |
Religions from the Middle East | 231 |
EXPRESSIONS OF ISLAM IN AMERICA | 233 |
THE AMERICAN BAHAI COMMUNITY IN THE NINETIES | 243 |
SUFISM IN AMERICA | 249 |
Ancient Wisdom and New Age Movements | 313 |
THEOSOPHY | 315 |
NEW THOUGHT AND THE HARMONIAL FAMILY | 325 |
SPIRITUALISM AND CHANNELING | 331 |
NEOPAGANISM AND WITCHCRAFT | 339 |
WHITHER THE NEW AGE? | 347 |
ECKANKAR FROM ANCIENT SCIENCE OF SOUL TRAVEL TO NEW AGE RELIGION | 363 |
THE EVOLUTION OF HIPPIE COMMUNAL SPIRITUALITY THE FARM AND OTHER HIPPIES WHO DIDNT GIVE UP | 371 |
And Many More | 379 |
NEW RELIGIONS AND AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGION | 381 |
THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY LIGHTNING ROD FOR CULTURAL BOUNDARY CONFLICTS | 385 |
UFO RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS | 393 |
SATANISM AND SATANIC CHURCHES THE CONTEMPORARY INCARNATIONS | 401 |
THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN AMERICAN ANTICULT IDEOLOGY A CASE STUDY IN FRAME EXTENSION | 411 |
A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO ALTERNATIVE RELIGIONS | 417 |
CHRONOLOGY OF ALTERNATIVE RELIGIONS IN AMERICA AMERICAN FOUNDING DATES PLUS A FEW OTHER MAJOR EVENTS | 437 |
Contributors | 443 |
INDEX | 445 |
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Pagina 30 - Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
Pagina 29 - Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
Pagina 136 - Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.¿ This
Pagina 61 - Spirit is immortal truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God, and man is His image and likeness. Therefore man is not material; he is spiritual.
Pagina 61 - Scientific Statement of Being”: There is no life, truth, intelligence nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-All. Spirit is immortal truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God, and man is His image and likeness. Therefore man is not material; he is spiritual.
Pagina 87 - conscience to neither kings nor priests, the genuine doctrine of only one God is reviving, and I trust that there is not a young man now living in the United States who will not die a Unitarian.
Pagina 402 - because of his divine spiritual and intellectual development has become the most vicious animal of all! (8) Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they lead to physical or mental gratification! (9) Satan has been the best friend the church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years!
Pagina 402 - dreams! (3) Satan represents undefiled wisdom, instead of hypocritical selfdeceit! (4) Satan represents kindness to those who deserve it, instead of love wasted on ingrates! (5) Satan represents vengeance, instead of turning the other cheek! (6) Satan represents responsibility to the responsible, instead of concern for psychic vampires! (7) Satan represents man as just another animal,
Pagina 180 - standing libel on human nature. Come up, 0 lions, and shake off the delusion that you are sheep; you are souls immortal, spirits free, blest and eternal; ye are not bodies; matter is your servant, not you the servant of matter.
Pagina 411 - framework so as to encompass interests or points of view that are incidental to its primary objective but of considerable salience to potential adherents. In effect, the movement is attempting to enlarge its adherent pool by portraying its objectives or activities as attending to or being congruent with the values and interests of potential adherents.
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Informații bibliografice
| Titlu | America's Alternative Religions Bibliotheca Persica SUNY series in religious studies |
| Editor | Timothy Miller |
| Ediție | ilustrată |
| Editor | SUNY Press, 1995 |
| ISBN | 0791423972, 9780791423974 |
| Lungime | 474 pagini |
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