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From Slogans To Mantras: Social Protest and Religious Conversion in the Late Vietnam Era (Religion and Politics)
Stephen A. Kent
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Paperback. This work covers the early 1970s, a period when the Vietnam War and student protests were on the wane as new religious groups grew in size. It maintains that the failure of political activism led former radicals to become involved with groups such as the Hare Krishnas and Scientology. Series: Religion and Politics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HRCS; HRQM; JH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
This book takes a provocative look at the early 1970s - an often overlooked yet colorful period when the Vietnam War and student protests were on the wane as new religious groups grew in size and visibility. Certainly, religious strains were evident through postwar popular culture from the 1950s Beat generation into the 1960s drug counterculture, but the explosion of nontraditional religions during the early 1970s was unprecedented. This phenomenon took place in the United States (and at the edges of American-influenced Canadian society) among young people who had been committed to bringing about what they called ""the revolution"" but ... Read more
This book takes a provocative look at the early 1970s - an often overlooked yet colorful period when the Vietnam War and student protests were on the wane as new religious groups grew in size and visibility. Certainly, religious strains were evident through postwar popular culture from the 1950s Beat generation into the 1960s drug counterculture, but the explosion of nontraditional religions during the early 1970s was unprecedented. This phenomenon took place in the United States (and at the edges of American-influenced Canadian society) among young people who had been committed to bringing about what they called ""the revolution"" but ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Religion and Politics
Number of Pages
268
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815629481
SKU
V9780815629481
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About Stephen A. Kent
STEPHEN A. KENT is professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Canada. He has published articles in numerous journals including Journal of Religious History and British Journal of Sociology.
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