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Offers an exploration of 'new' religious movements which have originated since 1950, setting them within their social and cultural context. This title analyses the concepts we use to discuss new religions, and surveys a range of different movements which were established in the second half of the 20th century.

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Through in-depth interviews with New Agers and Neo-Pagans, this study proposes a new model of religious identity from a sociological standpoint.

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"Problems of the Gods" offers the child an opportunity to explore the concept of God and religious practices in an entertaining way; it engages the child's imagination with the concept of God(s).

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This is the first historical analysis of the racial views of atheists and freethinkers. Focusing on Britain and the United States in the second half of the nineteenth century, it covers racial and evolutionary science, imperialism, slavery and segregation in the United States, immigration debates and racial prejudice in theory and practice.

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An analysis of the Anglo-American Spiritualist movement which provides a new definition of shamanism based on a pattern of apprenticeship unique to traditional shamanisms.

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Here Michael Williams challenges the validity of the category "gnosticism" and the ways it has been described. Williams uncovers the similarities and differences among some major traditions widely categorized as gnostic and provides an argument for a more accurate way to discuss these interpretive approaches.

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Shows that it is possible to make contact with our loved ones virtually whenever we choose, without the help of a medium. This book with historical and anthropological data, presents case studies of men who felt the presence of their dead loved ones. It is written by the bestselling author of "Life After Life" who explored near-death experiences.

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This book traces the development of Haiti's combined Vodou-Christian religion from 1500 to the present and explains how this combination of distinct faiths coalesces in a coherent belief system.

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Introduces the Brazilian new religion and treats it in relation to ongoing developments influencing the status, nature and future of religion in the modern world.

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Introduces the Brazilian new religion and treats it in relation to ongoing developments influencing the status, nature and future of religion in the modern world.

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This authoritative reference work presents a full image of the Prince of Darkness as he appears throughout traditional theology, mythology, art and literature, and popular culture.

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Establishes the theoretical foundations and implications of the genre of Gnostic cinema. This book develops these theoretical elements in the contexts of Gnosticism and the esoteric traditions emerging from it, Cabbala and alchemy. It discusses the functions of genre, the relationships between cinema and psychology, the romance of film, and more.

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Establishes the theoretical foundations and implications of the genre of Gnostic cinema. This book develops these theoretical elements in the contexts of Gnosticism and the esoteric traditions emerging from it, Cabbala and alchemy. It discusses the functions of genre, the relationships between cinema and psychology, the romance of film, and more.

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A guide to contemporary debates and issues in the sociology of religion providing an examination of classical secularization and the post-secularization paradigm. It provides an overview of major debates in the sociology of religion, exploring changing patterns of religious practice in the West during the past 150 years.

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A guide to contemporary debates and issues in the sociology of religion providing an examination of classical secularization and the post-secularization paradigm. It provides an overview of major debates in the sociology of religion, exploring changing patterns of religious practice in the West during the past 150 years.

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Born of the so-called Victorian 'pseudo science' of mesmerism, the sance enjoyed a late 19th century golden age that ministered to the Victorian obsession with science, religious doubt, and entertainment. Yet the popularity of spiritualism and the sance endured - and does so to this day.

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Faunalia is a controversial pagan festival with a reputation for being wild and emotionally intense. It lasts five days, eighty people attend, and the two main rituals run most of the night.

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Faunalia is a controversial pagan festival with a reputation for being wild and emotionally intense. It lasts five days, eighty people attend, and the two main rituals run most of the night.

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With their ability to enter trances, to change into the bodies of other creatures, and to fly through the northern skies, shamans are the subject of both popular and scholarly fascination. This book looks at what is known about both the shamans of Siberia and about others spread throughout the world.

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