God Bless America: Strange and Unusual Religious Beliefs and Practices in the United States (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781939578006)

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.

Author: Karen Stollznow
ISBN-10: 1939578000
ISBN-13: 9781939578006
Publisher: Pitchstone Publishing
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2013
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d