New Era - New Religions (Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology, and Biblical Studies)

"New Era - New Religions" examines new forms of religion in Brazil. The largest and most vibrant country in Latin America, Brazil is home to some of the world's fastest growing religious movements and has enthusiastically greeted home-grown new religions and imported spiritual movements and new age organizations. In Brazil and beyond, these novel religious phenomena are reshaping contemporary understandings of religion and what it means to be religious. To better understand the changing face of 21st Century religion, "New Era - New Religions" situates the rise of new era religiosity within the broader context of late-modern society and its ongoing transformation. New Era - New Religions Examines New Forms Of Religion In Brazil. The Largest And Most Vibrant Country In Latin America, Brazil Is Home To Some Of The World's Fastest Growing Religious Movements And Has Enthusiastically Greeted Home-grown New Religions And Imported Spiritual Movements And New Age Organizations. In Brazil And Beyond, These Novel Religious Phenomena Are Reshaping Contemporary Understandings Of Religion And What It Means To Be Religious. To Better Understand The Changing Face Of Twenty-first-century Religion, New Era - New Religions Situates The Rise Of New Era Religiosity Within The Broader Context Of Late-modern Society And Its Ongoing Transformation.--jacket. 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. Andrew Dawson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [163]-177) And Index.

New Era - New Religions examines new forms of religion in Brazil. The largest and most vibrant country in Latin America, Brazil is home to some of the world's fastest growing religious movements and has enthusiastically greeted home-grown new religions and imported spiritual movements and new age organizations. In Brazil and beyond, these novel religious phenomena are reshaping contemporary understandings of religion and what it means to be religious. To better understand the changing face of twenty-first-century religion, New Era - New Religions situates the rise of new era religiosity within the broader context of late-modern society and its ongoing transformation.