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EBOOK Communities of Dissent:A History of Alternative Religions in America
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199882724
EAN: 11BCCEB8EB
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Stron: 184
Data wydania: 2003
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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.

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