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.
#1054659 in Books 1999-10-08Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.21 x .71 x 6.02l; #File Name: 0752217852192 pages
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