Karen Stollznow
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 compoundâ€”and allowing you to sit among the beards and bonnets in a Mennonite church and to hear L. Ron Hubbardâ€™s stories told as sermons during a Scientology service. From the Amish to Voodoo, the beliefs and practices explored in this book may be unorthodoxâ€”and often dangerousâ€”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 Statesâ€”and remind that fact is often stranger than fiction.
Religion,Nonfiction,History,Religion,Cults,North American Hi...,American History,Spirituality,Anthropology,Reference,Philosophy
God Bless America: Strange and Unusual Religious Beliefs and Practices in the United States