New Age and neopagan religions in America /

Pike, Sarah M., 1959-

New Age and neopagan religions in America / Sarah M. Pike. - New York, N.Y. : Columbia University Press, ©2004. - 1 online resource (xiv, 220 pages) : illustrations - Columbia contemporary American religion series Gale virtual reference library . - Columbia contemporary American religion series. Gale virtual reference library. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ancient mysteries in contemporary America -- Introduction to the religious worlds of Neopagans and New Agers -- Early varieties of alternative spirituality in American religious history -- The 1960s watershed years -- Healing and techniques of the self -- "All acts of love and pleasure are my rituals": sex, gender, and the sacred -- The age of Aquarius.

Provides a general introduction to the varieties of New Age and Neopagan religions in the United States today as well as an account of their nineteenth-century roots and emergence from the 1960s counterculture. Covering such topics as healing, gender and sexuality, millennialism, and ritual experience, it also provides a description and analysis of the spiritual worlds and social networks created by participants.

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Neopaganism--United States.
Neopaganism--History--20th century.
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Néopaganisme--États-Unis.
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Néopaganisme--Histoire--20e siècle.
Néo-païens--États-Unis.
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RELIGION--Eckankar.
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New Age.
Heidendom.
Néopaganisme.
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