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God Bless America

Strange and Unusual Religious Beliefs and Practices in the United States

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God Bless America

By: Karen Stollznow
Narrated by: Karen Stollznow
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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? Offering a close look at snake handling, new age spirituality, Santeria spells, and satanic rituals, this book offers more than mere armchair research. It takes you to an exorcism, a Charismatic church, and a Fundamentalist Mormon polygamist compound.

You will sit among the beards and bonnets in a Mennonite church, hear the sounds of silence at a Quaker meeting, and listen to L. Ron Hubbard's sci-fi 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. Some of them are dying out, while others are gaining popularity with a modern audience, but all offer insight into the past, present, and future of religion in the United States.

©2013 Karen Stollznow (P)2014 Pitchstone Publishing Religious Studies Social Sciences Spirituality Mormon Magic Witchcraft Amish
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Sadly I had to give up on this after just a few chapters. The snarky, disrespectful tone was just too irritating to me.

Too snarky for my tastes

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