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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"American Religions"”.
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The paper tiger and its predecessors: An ethnologic history of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act
The American Indian Religious Freedom Act has proven to be a terrible disappointment for the Indians all across the country. This act presupposed an analogy between Native American ceremonial practices and Euro-American religions, but Native American ceremonies involve a broader range social …
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Healings
… of the Evangelical charismatic church and Native American religions.
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Healings
… of the Evangelical charismatic church and Native American religions.
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Quantum Regimes: Genealogies of Virtual Matter and Healing the New Age Body
… the New Age with a focused case study of Iranian-American healers, whose prominent presence in the alternative healthcare landscape demonstrates the importance of including immigrant communities in studies of American religion and culture, the diversity of New Age spirituality, and the prominence …
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Biopolitics and Belief: Governance in the Church of Christ, Scientist, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
This dissertation offers an analysis of two American religions–the Church of Christ, Scientist (CS), and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS)–and the ways that their particular/peculiar ideologies regarding the body govern the everyday realities of their respective memberships. …
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Talking and Not Talking: Sexual Education and Ethics for Young Women within the Evangelical Movement in America
<p>In this paper I intend to discuss the ways in which sex, sexuality, and the female body are treated in the discourse within the Evangelical movement, particularly with regard to teenaged and young girls. I will focus on the way young women are talked to about sex, and how they are socialized and …