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Series:   Elements in New Religious Movements

The Production of Entheogenic Communities in the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2024

Brad Stoddard
Brad Stoddard
Affiliation:
McDaniel College

Summary

The rise of entheogenic religion – that is, religions that involve the use of psychoactive drugs – has captured the attention of scholars and journalists. These studies tend to advance the interests of practitioners who advocate for the legitimacy of entheogens and of entheogenic religion more broadly. This Element breaks with these approaches as it offers a historical and critical analysis of entheogenic communities. It examines the production of entheogenic groups in the United States and considers the historical factors that have contributed to the rise in psychedelics more broadly. It also explores legal considerations and the impact of the law as a curator of entheogenic communities. This Element recognizes that these communities – like all imagined communities – are culturally conditioned, socially constructed, and historically contingent. By exploring these contingencies, we learn more about the broader sociocultural, historical, and economic frameworks that underlie the burgeoning association of psychoactive substances and religion.
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Series: Elements in New Religious Movements
Online ISBN: 9781009429412
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 27 June 2024

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