Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies
Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-177) and index
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 Mestico 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.
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