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America's Alternative Religions

 

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Other eBooks

• Fantasy and Belief : Alternative Religions, Popular Narratives, and Digital Cultures
• UFOs, Conspiracy Theories and the New Age : Millennial Conspiracism
• Perspectives on New Religious Movements
• Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu : American Representations of India, 1721-1893

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Cults, spiritualities, "spiritual but not religious"  and nones? 

Spiritual not religious - Pew Research

Who are the 'nones'? - Pew Research

Religious nones are the largest group - NPR.org

Nones No Religion Study - Washington Post

 Krishnamurti Foundation of America

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/01/24/nones-no-religion-study/

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"new religion" site:,org

 

 

Wikipedia

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Religion News

International religious activity – old religions refurbished,  Use the search at top to look for:
"alternative faiths"
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"religious movements"
"new ministry"
 

Examples of articles: 

Apostolic groups that infuse traditional beliefs into a Pentecostal doctrine are popular in the deeply religious southern African country.

Virgin of charity of Cobre

Hindu women look to ancient goddesses for guidance on modern feminism

 

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