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New Religions and the Theological Imagination in America - (Religion in North America) Annotated by Mary Farrell Bednarowski (Paperback)

New Religions and the Theological Imagination in America - (Religion in North America) Annotated by  Mary Farrell Bednarowski (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Drawing heavily on sources from the movements themselves, it presents a balanced comparative account of the emerging theological systems of America's new religions.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Bednarowski is especially good at elucidating the theological daring of these new American religions. . . . [She] demonstrates in a very few pages how . . . theology and group adherence made the individual count, a configuration simultaneously American, un-American, and important. --Jon Butler</p><p>The cultural confrontation with these new religions' is very real and usually very misinformed. Bednarowski has gone to great lengths to dispel the ignorance. --The Christian Century</p><p>A groundbreaking study. --Syzygy: Journal of Alternative Religion and Culture</p><p>Organized as a series of theological conversations about ultimate questions, this book offers a guide to the answers these six religions offer. Drawing heavily on sources from the movements themselves, it presents a balanced comparative account of the emerging theological systems of America's new religions.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>This book is an introduction to the theological systems of six 'new' religions-Mormonism, Christian Science, Theosophy, the Unification Church, Scientology, and the New Age movement.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>MARY FARRELL BEDNAROWSKI is Professor of Religious Studies at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities.</p>

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