New Religions and the Theological Imagination in America

Name: New Religions and the Theological Imagination in America
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ISBN: 9780253209528

ISBN-10: 0253209528

ISBN-13: 9780253209528

Edition: 1989 (Annotated)

Authors: Mary Farrell Bednarowski

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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"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"A groundbreaking study." Syzygy: Journal of Alternative Religion and CultureOrganized as a series of theological conversations about ultimate questions, this book offers a guide to the answers these six religions offer.…

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List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 11/22/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction: New Religions and the Theological Imagination



Who or What Is God Like? Concepts of Deity in the New Religions



What Does It Mean to Be Human? Views of Human Nature in the New Religions



The Dead Learn Forever: Death and Afterlife in the New Religions



How Shall We Live Our Lives? Ethical Reflection and Moral Issues in the New Religions



Epilogue: Broadening the Conversation


Notes, Annotated Bibliography, and Index