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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"New Religions"”.
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Science and the sacred : new technologies within new religions : a reaction to secularization and a reinterpretation of myth
… of the use of science and technology within new religious belief systems. The emphasis is placed upon the incorporation of scientific method, scientific findings, scientific theory, scientific terminology, and technological components within the rhetoric and praxis of historical and …
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Black and White Proselytism: The Publishing Revolution that Changed Religious Propaganda in Twentieth-Century Japan
… societies, it is not clear yet why and how religions survived or even prospered in such a hostile environment. The primary aim of this project was to identify the practical reasons behind the emergence and preservation of New Religions. To achieve this, my dissertation draws liberally from …
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Asatru in America: A New American Religion
Asatru is a New Religious Movement reconstructing the practice of pre-Christian Norse and Germanic Pagan religion. It has been one of the least studied of the Pagan movements in America. In addition, Asatru has often been associated with far right or fascist political views and racist ideology, …
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Internal Revenue Service and the regulation of religion.
… frameworks of organizational ecology and new institutionalism this study examines the assumption that America has an unregulated religious economy. In particular, I look at the sociological impact of defining a 'church' for tax-exempt purposes. Given the constitutional constraints of the …
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BALIK-ISLAM IN THE PHILIPPINES: REVERSION, SYMBOLIC NEGOTIATION, AND BECOMING THE OTHER
… we already know generally about conversion to new religions, including the impact of the external “non-religious” factors associated with it. This dissertation shows how a discourse of “reversion” among Balik-Islam members reveals complex realities about the appeal of Islam to Filipinos. While …
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Uskonto ja The Japan Times 2020-luvulla
… toimii Erica Baffellin (2016) teos Media and New Religions in Japan, mikä asettaa tutkimukselleni hypoteesin, jossa uusista uskonnollisista ryhmistä uutisoidessa median näkemykset ovat usein melko kielteisiä. Keskeisimpänä käännekohtana yhteiskunnan suhtautumisessa uskontoon voidaan Baffellin …
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A sociological study of the relationship between religious violence and economic globalization
… globalization is described and theorized as New Colonialism, McDonaldization, and McWorld. Throughout this chapter the brutality of economic globalization is exposed. Chapter 4 analyzes the attack of September 11. This case study condemns the current stereotypes of the Islamic faith and …
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A dreamer and a painter : visualizing the unconscious in the work of Arthur B. Davies, 1890-1920
… paintings were reinterpreted in light of newly scientific approaches to the unconscious. These claims were paralleled by the competing and overlapping tenets of Spiritualism, the pursuit of psychic research, and the foundation of new religions and forms of popular psychotherapy. After …
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Modern Japanese Buddhism in the Context of Interreligious Dialogue, Nationalism and World War II
… might have stopped the state's control of religions--the rise of ultranationalism and war ideology in the cases of Uchimura Kanzô's lese majeste in the 1890's, the state's failures of ratification on the Religious Organization Law twice in the 1920's, and Seno'o Girô's anti-fascist …
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Belonging in the Karst Mountains: Hmong Ways of Life on The Dong Van Karst Plateau,Vietnam
… solace only in millenarianism or conversion to new religions. This thesis contributes a new perspective to this discussion with a case study of Hmong people living on the Dong Van Karst Plateau in Ha Giang, Vietnam. Through the concept of belonging, the thesis uncovers the complex nature of the …
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Belonging in the Karst Mountains: Hmong Ways of Life on The Dong Van Karst Plateau,Vietnam
… solace only in millenarianism or conversion to new religions. This thesis contributes a new perspective to this discussion with a case study of Hmong people living on the Dong Van Karst Plateau in Ha Giang, Vietnam. Through the concept of belonging, the thesis uncovers the complex nature of the …