Diana G Tumminia
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 217451 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Diana G Tumminia |
| NOMBRES | Diana G |
| APELLIDO | Tumminia |
| FIRMA | TUMMINIA D G |
| AFILIACIONES | California State University, Sacramento |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1998 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
A Study of the Movement of Spiritual Awareness
MSIA, the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness, has been called the Cadillac of cults. Those interested in new religions may only know of MSIA from these kinds of labels. However, when looked at from
The Mythic Dimensions of New Religious Movements
This article argues that, despite the significant body of theoretical work that has been carried out by anthropologists and others, the mythological dimension of new religions has been largely ignored. Using Unarius Society, feminist witchcraft, and the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness as examples, it suggests that new religious movement myths are not fixed, but, rather, change in response to the ongoing process of reality construction takin…
When Prophecy Never Fails
Review Article| May 01 2006 When Prophecy Never Fails: Myth and Reality in a Flying-Saucer Group Diana G. Tumminia Diana G. Tumminia Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2006) 9 (4): 130–131. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2006.9.4.130 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Cite Ic…
In the Dreamtime of the Saucer People
This phenomenological analysis describes the author's encounter with the lifeworld of Unarius, an extraterrestrial contact group, which utilizes idiosyncratic procedures like dreams and past-life "memories" to verify what is real. The article explores the dialectic between immersion and objectivity as it impacts the ethnographer's experience of sense-making within a highly unusual socially constructed reality. The discussion centers on the recogn…
How Prophecy Never Fails
This descriptive analysis utilizes the ethnomethological approach to examine how reality is socially constructed within the interpretive logic of a flying-saucer group. Ethnographic data was collected over a five year period at the Unarius Academy of Science in El Cajon, California. Drawing upon participant observation, interviews, and archival research, the inquiry explores the historical events surrounding, as well as the contemporary understan…
How Prophecy Never Fails
This descriptive analysis utilizes the ethnomethological approach to examine how reality is socially constructed within the interpretive logic of a flying-saucer group. Ethnographic data was collected over a five year period at the Unarius Academy of Science in El Cajon, California. Drawing upon participant observation, interviews, and archival research, the inquiry explores the historical events surrounding, as well as the contemporary understan…
How Prophecy Never Fails
This descriptive analysis utilizes the ethnomethological approach to examine how reality is socially constructed within the interpretive logic of a flying-saucer group. Ethnographic data was collected over a five year period at the Unarius Academy of Science in El Cajon, California. Drawing upon participant observation, interviews, and archival research, the inquiry explores the historical events surrounding, as well as the contemporary understan…
In the Dreamtime of the Saucer People
This phenomenological analysis describes the author's encounter with the lifeworld of Unarius, an extraterrestrial contact group, which utilizes idiosyncratic procedures like dreams and past-life "memories" to verify what is real. The article explores the dialectic between immersion and objectivity as it impacts the ethnographer's experience of sense-making within a highly unusual socially constructed reality. The discussion centers on the recogn…
When Prophecy Never Fails
Review Article| May 01 2006 When Prophecy Never Fails: Myth and Reality in a Flying-Saucer Group Diana G. Tumminia Diana G. Tumminia Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2006) 9 (4): 130–131. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2006.9.4.130 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Cite Ic…
The Mythic Dimensions of New Religious Movements
This article argues that, despite the significant body of theoretical work that has been carried out by anthropologists and others, the mythological dimension of new religions has been largely ignored. Using Unarius Society, feminist witchcraft, and the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness as examples, it suggests that new religious movement myths are not fixed, but, rather, change in response to the ongoing process of reality construction takin…
A Study of the Movement of Spiritual Awareness
MSIA, the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness, has been called the Cadillac of cults. Those interested in new religions may only know of MSIA from these kinds of labels. However, when looked at from
Aesthetics (4 obras) · Philosophy (4 obras) · Art (3 obras) · Epistemology (3 obras) · Psychology (3 obras) · Sociology (3 obras) · Anthropology (2 obras) · Ethnography (2 obras) · Movement (music) (2 obras) · Mythology (2 obras)