An edition of From Slogans to Mantras (2001)

From slogans to mantras

social protest and religious conversion in the late Vietnam War era

1st ed.
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An edition of From Slogans to Mantras (2001)

From slogans to mantras

social protest and religious conversion in the late Vietnam War era

1st ed.
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Maintains that the failure of political activism led many former radicals to become involved in such groups as the Hare Krishnas, Scientology, Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, the Jesus movement, and the Children of God, and argues that numerous activists turned from psychedelia and political activism to guru worship and spiritual quest both as a response to the failures of social protest and as a new means of achieving social change. [book cover].

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243

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From slogans to mantras: social protest and religious conversion in the late Vietnam War era
2001, Syracuse University Press
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From Slogans to Mantras: Social Protest and Religious Conversion in the Late Vietnam Era (Religion and Politics)
October 2001, Syracuse University Press
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From Slogans to Mantras: Social Protest and Religious Conversion in the Late Vietnam Era (Religion and Politics)
October 2001, Syracuse University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-228) and index.

Published in
Syracuse, N.Y
Series
Religion and politics

Classifications

Library of Congress
HN59 .K44 2001, HN59.K44 2001

The Physical Object

Pagination
xix, 243 p. :
Number of pages
243

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL15521204M
ISBN 10
0815629230, 0815629486
LCCN
2001042998
OCLC/WorldCat
47443927
LibraryThing
4682652
Goodreads
1001905

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL8512783W

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Osborne went on to highlight several aspects of Scientology that she believed added to its attraction. One of these aspects was Hubbard's claim that the technology could end war. In a statement first printed in 1965 but periodically reproduced for years afterword, Hubbard announced the world has an optimistic five years left, a pessimistic two.
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