Mystical Geography of Quebec

Catholic Schisms and New Religious Movements

AvSusan J. Palmer,Martin Geoffroy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Del i serien Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities

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Beskrivning

This study of new religious movements in Quebec focuses on nine groups—including the notoriously violent Solar Temple; Eleven contributing authors offer rich ethnographies and sociological insights on new spiritual groups that highlight the quintessential features of Quebec's new religions (“sectes” in the francophone media).

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-03-03
Mått:148 x 210 x 21 mm
Vikt:488 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities
Antal sidor:274
Upplaga:20001
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030330613

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Susan J. Palmer is an Affiliate Professor in Religious Studies at Concordia University.Martin Geoffroy is Professor of Sociology at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit.Paul L. Gareau is Assistant Professor of Native Studies at the University of Alberta.

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Chapter 1: Quebec’s New Religions in Social and Historical Context.- Chapter 2: New Religious Studies in Quebec since 1944: A Literature Review.- Chapter 3: The Army of Mary: Quebec Nationalism and Catholic Heterodoxy.- Chapter 4: The Pilgrims of Saint Michael: Preserving Quebec’s Traditional “Intégriste” Catholicism.- Chapter 5: La Mission de l’Esprit Saint and Quebec’s Holy Spirit Incarnate.- Chapter 6: Dr. Henry Morgentaler, “Arch-Abortionist” and Humanist: An Unbeliever’s Pro-Choice Campaign in Quebec and Canada.- Chapter 7: The Temple of Priapus: Contemporary Phallus Worshippers in Montreal.- Chapter 8: The Christian Essene Church: Freedom of Religion in the “Land of the Maple”.- Chapter 9: The Apostles of Infinite Love and the “Hidden Children of St Jovite”.- Chapter 10: The Solar Temple in Quebec and the Saint-Casimir “Transit”.- Chapter 11: Roch Theriault and the Holy Moses Mountain Family (“Ant Hill Kids”).