God Bless America - Strange and Unusual Religious Beliefs and Practices in the United States (Paperback)

This book lifts the veil on strange and unusual religious beliefs and practices in the modern-day United States. Do Satanists really sacrifice babies? Do exorcisms involve swearing and spinning heads? Are the Amish allowed to drive cars and use computers? Taking a close look at snake handling, new age spirituality, Santeria spells, and satanic rituals, this book offers more than mere armchair research, taking you to an exorcism and a polygamist compound, and allowing you to sit among the beards and bonnets in a Mennonite church and to hear L Ron Hubbards stories told as sermons during a Scientology service. From the Amish to Voodoo, the beliefs and practices explored in this book may be unorthodox, and often dangerous, but they are always fascinating. While some of them are dying out, and others are gaining popularity with a modern audience, all offer insight into the future of religion in the United States and remind us that fact is often stranger than fiction.

General

Imprint:	Pitchstone Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2013
First published:	October 2013
Authors:	Karen Stollznow
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-939578-00-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Religious groups
LSN:	1-939578-00-0
Barcode:	9781939578006

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