God Bless America : Strange and Unusual Religious Beliefs and Practices in the United States
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[Place of publication not identified] : Pitchstone Publishing / Independent Publishers Group, 2013.
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9781939578082
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1 online resource (256 pages)
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God Bless America 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 Hubbard's 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 that fact is often stranger than fiction.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Stollznow, K. (2013). God Bless America: Strange and Unusual Religious Beliefs and Practices in the United States . Pitchstone Publishing / Independent Publishers Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stollznow, Karen. 2013. God Bless America: Strange and Unusual Religious Beliefs and Practices in the United States. Pitchstone Publishing / Independent Publishers Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stollznow, Karen. God Bless America: Strange and Unusual Religious Beliefs and Practices in the United States Pitchstone Publishing / Independent Publishers Group, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Stollznow, Karen. God Bless America: Strange and Unusual Religious Beliefs and Practices in the United States Pitchstone Publishing / Independent Publishers Group, 2013.
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