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Apostolic faith in America
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ISBN: 0802804152 9780802804150 Year: 1988 Publisher: New York (NY): Eerdmans,

Communities of dissent : a history of alternative religions in America
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ISBN: 1283097869 9786613097866 0199760667 9780199760664 9781283097864 0195158253 9780195158250 6613097861 0197738664 Year: 2003 Publisher: Oxford: Oxford university press,

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Alternative religious groups have had a profound influence on American history-they have challenged the old and opened up new ways of thinking about healing, modes of meaning, religious texts and liturgies, the social and political order, and the relationships between religion and race, class, gender, and region. Virtually always, the dramatic, dynamic history of alternative religions runs parallel to that of dissent in America. Communities of Dissent is an evenhanded and marvelously lively history of New Religious Movements in America. Stephen J. Stein describes the evolution and structure of alternative religious movements from both sides: the critics and the religious dissenters themselves. Providing a fascinating look at a wide range of New Religious Movements, he investigates obscure groups such as the 19th-century Vermont Pilgrims, who wore bearskins and refused to bathe or cut their hair, alongside better-known alternative believers, including colonial America's largest outsider faith, the Quakers; 17th- and 18th-century Mennonites, Amish, and Shakers; and the Christian Scientists, Jehovah's Witnesses, Black Muslims, and Scientologists of today. Accessible and comprehensive, Communities of Dissent also covers the milestones in the history of alternative American religions, from the infamous Salem witch trials and mass suicide/murder at Jonestown to the positive ways in which alternative religions have affected racial relations, the empowerment of women, and American culture in general.

Profiles in belief : the religious bodies of the United States and Canada
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ISBN: 0060665823 0060665807 0060665815 9780060665807 Year: 1979 Publisher: New York (N.Y.): Harper and Row,


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New age, neopagan, and new religious movemnts : alternative spirituality in contemporary America
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ISBN: 0520962125 9780520962125 9780520281172 0520281179 9780520281189 0520281187 Year: 2015 Publisher: Oakland University of California Press

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New 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?

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Cults --- Sects --- Occultism --- United States --- Native American Church of North America --- Mormon Church --- Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.) --- Branch Davidians --- Witchcraft --- Neopaganism --- Peoples Temple --- Scientology --- Ras Tafari movement --- Satanism --- Hare Krishnas --- Raà«lians --- Cults -- United States.. --- Occultism -- United States.. --- Sects -- United States. --- american culture. --- american religions. --- american spirituality. --- comparative religion. --- cult leaders. --- cults and religions. --- cults. --- emerging religions. --- flds. --- islam. --- latter day saints. --- lds. --- mormon fundamentalists. --- mormonism. --- native american church. --- neopagan movements. --- neopagan. --- new age movements. --- new age. --- new american religions. --- new religions. --- new religious movements. --- new spiritual movements. --- new theology. --- occultism. --- rastafari. --- religious freedom. --- religious studies. --- scientology. --- separation of church and state. --- wicca. --- world religions. --- new religions in modern America --- the Native American Church --- Mormonism --- plural marriage --- the LDS --- the FLDS --- Spiritualism --- women --- mediums --- messages from other worlds --- the Nation of Islam --- the Five Percenters --- race --- religion --- hip-hop --- Rastafari --- Messianism --- music --- ganja --- the Church of Scientology --- new religions and tax exemption --- Wicca and Neopaganism --- magic --- feminism --- environmentalism --- the Church of Satan --- the Temple of Set --- religious parody --- Satanic panic --- ISKCON --- Hare Krishna --- Eastern religions in America --- brainwashing --- Channeling --- the New Age --- alternative spirituality --- popular culture --- media --- mass murder-suicide --- the Branch Davidians --- religious freedom --- privacy --- the Raëlians --- UFOs --- human cloning --- the study of new religions --- Millenarian movements

The American religion: the emergence of the post-christian nation
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ISBN: 067167997X 9780671679972 Year: 1992 Publisher: New York (N.Y.): Simon and Schuster,

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Christian sects --- Gnosticism --- Gnosticisme --- --Secte religieuse --- --Christianisme --- --Protestantisme --- --États-Unis --- --United States --- Religion --- 2 <73> --- 291.115 --- 289 --- 316:2 --- -Gnosticism --- Christian denominations --- Denominations, Christian --- Sects, Christian --- Church history --- Sects --- Christian heresies --- Godsdienst. Theologie--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- Godsdienst: toekomst; nieuwe godsdiensten; éénmaking; wereldgodsdienst --- Andere christelijke sekten --- Godsdienstsociologie --- United States --- -Religion --- 316:2 Godsdienstsociologie --- 291.115 Godsdienst: toekomst; nieuwe godsdiensten; éénmaking; wereldgodsdienst --- 2 <73> Godsdienst. Theologie--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- -U.S.A. --- Jungtinės Amerikos valstybės --- Soedinennye Shtaty Si︠e︡vernoĭ Ameriki --- Soedinennye Shtaty Severnoĭ Ameriki --- Si︠e︡vero-Amerikanskīe Soedinennye Shtaty --- Severo-Amerikanskie Soedinennye Shtaty --- Zlucheni Derz︠h︡avy --- USA --- US --- Arhab --- Ar. ha-B. --- Artsot ha-Berit --- ولايات المتحدة الامريكية --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amirīkīyah --- ABSh --- Amerika Birlăshmish Shtatlary --- ABŞ --- Amerika Birlăşmi Ştatları --- Forente stater --- Spojené staty americké --- Severo-Amerikanskie Shtaty --- Sjedinjene Američke Države --- Zʹi︠e︡dnani Derz︠h︡avy Ameryky --- Amerikai Egyesült Államok --- Yhdysvallat --- Verenigde Staten --- Egyesült Államok --- Hiwsisayin Amerikayi Miatsʻeal Tērutʻiwnkʻ --- Estados Unidos de América --- United States of America --- Fareyniḳṭe Shṭaṭn --- Artzois Ha'bris --- Estados Unidos da América do Norte --- SShA --- Soedinennye Shtaty Ameriki --- VSA --- États-Unis d'Amérique --- Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika --- Stati Uniti d'America --- Estados Unidos --- EE.UU. --- Stany Zjednoczone --- ĒPA --- Amerika Qūrama Shtattary --- Amerika Qŭshma Shtatlari --- SAD --- Saharat ʻAmērikā --- Hēnomenai Politeiai Amerikēs --- ZSA --- Mei-kuo --- Meiguo --- Mei guo --- ZDA --- Združene države Amerike --- U.S. --- America (Republic) --- Amirika Carékat --- Verenigde State van Amerika --- VS --- ولايات المتحدة --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah --- ولايات المتّحدة الأمريكيّة --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amrīkīyah --- Estatos Unitos --- Estatos Unitos d'America --- Ètats-Unis d'Amèrica --- Estaos Xuníos d'América --- Estaos Xuníos --- Tetã peteĩ reko Amérikagua --- Istadus Unidus --- Amerika Birlăşmiş Ştatları --- Amerika ka Kelenyalen Jamanaw --- Bí-kok --- Amerika Qushma Shtattary --- AQSh --- Злучаныя Штаты Амерыкі --- Zluchanyi︠a︡ Shtaty Ameryki --- Yunaeted Stet blong Amerika --- Yunaeted Stet --- Vaeinigte Staatn --- Vaeinigte Staatn vo Amerika --- Stadoù-Unanet Amerika --- Sŭedineni amerikanski shtati --- САЩ --- SASht --- Съединените щати --- Sŭedinenite shtati --- Америка (Republic) --- Amerika (Republic) --- Estats Units d'Amèrica --- Америкӑри Пӗрлешӳллӗ Штатсем --- Amerikări Pĕrleshu̇llĕ Shtatsem --- Stati Uniti --- SUA (Stati Uniti d'America) --- Unol Daleithiau America --- Unol Daleithiau --- Amerikas Forenede Stater --- Vereinigte Staaten --- Wááshindoon Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígíí --- Zjadnośone staty Ameriki --- Ameerika Ühendriigid --- Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής --- Hēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- Η.Π.Α. --- Ē.P.A. --- Usono --- Unuiĝintaj Ŝtatoj de Ameriko --- Американь Вейтьсэндявкс Штаттнэ --- Amerikanʹ Veĭtʹsėndi︠a︡vks Shtattnė --- Ameriketako Estatu Batuak --- Feriene Steaten --- Feriene Steaten fan Amearika --- FS --- Stâts Unîts di Americhe --- Stâts Unîts --- Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá --- Steatyn Unnaneysit America --- Steatyn Unnaneysit --- S.U.A. --- Na Stàitean Aonaichte --- NSA --- Mî-koet --- 미국 --- Miguk --- Amerikayi Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Religion. --- Cults --- Christian sects - United States --- Secte religieuse --- Christianisme --- Protestantisme --- États-Unis --- United States - Religion

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