New era, new religions religious transformation in contemporary Brazil

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dawson, Andrew, 1966- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate c2007.
Series:Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies.
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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 Mestiço 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.