Andrew Dawson

New Era - New Religions (eBook, ePUB)

Religious Transformation in Contemporary Brazil

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

New Era - New Religions examines new forms of religion in Brazil. 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317088479
• Artikelnr.: 44991649

Autorenporträt

Having studied at universities in Manchester, Chicago, Liverpool and Oxford, Andrew Dawson holds degrees in the study of religion and the social sciences. Research interests centre upon religion and late-modern society, with particular focus upon South America and Brazil. He has published a book, articles, chapters, and encyclopaedia pieces on religion and society in Brazil and South America. For example, 'The Gnostic Church of Brazil: Contemporary Neo-esotericism in Late-Modern Perspective', Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion, vol.1 (2005); 'South American Indigenous Religions' in C.H. Partridge (ed.) Lion Handbook of Religions (London: Lion, 2004); 'Mystical Experience as Universal Connectedness: Leonardo Boff's trans-cultural phenomenology', Journal of Contemporary Religion, vol.19, no.2 (2004); The Emergence and Impact of the Base Ecclesial Community and Liberative Theological Discourse in Brazil (Bethesda: University Press of America, 1998).

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Mapping the religious landscape
Neo-esoteric religiosity
Ayahuasca religions of Brazil
New era discourse
New era religiosity in late-modern perspective
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.