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Author : Gaius Glenn Atkins
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
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Download or read book Modern Religious Cults and Movements written by Gaius Glenn Atkins and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lorne Dawson
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9781405101806
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Cults and New Religious Movements: A Reader written by Lorne Dawson and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2003-06-09 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is a cult? Why do they emerge? Who joins them? And why do tragedies such as Waco and Jonestown occur? This reader brings together the voices of historians, sociologists, and psychologists of religion to address these key questions about new religious movements. Looks at theoretical explanations for cults, why people join and what happens when they do. Brings together the best work on cults by sociologists, historians, and psychologists of religion. A broad-ranging, balanced and clearly organized collection of readings. Includes coverage of topical issues, such as the 'brainwashing' controversy, and cults in cyberspace. Section introductions by the editor situate the nature, value, and relevance of the selected readings in context of current discussions.
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Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (923 download)
Download or read book Modern Religious Cults and Movements written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Glenn Gaius Atkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781437886030
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Modern Religious Cults and Movements written by Glenn Gaius Atkins and published by . This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lorne Dawson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135152464X
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)
Download or read book Cults in Context written by Lorne Dawson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the face of the increasingly variegated ideological landscape of contemporary America, cults have become the focus of public controversy. The growth of new religions has been matched by the development of an organized and vocal opposition, the anti-cult movement. This in turn has prompted an extensive investigation of new religious movements (NRMs) by sociologists and psychologists of religion, as well as historians and religious studies scholars. The readings collected here contribute to the debate about cults by sampling some of the best and most accessible publications from the academic study of NRMs.The contributors address the questions most commonly asked about cults, such as: What brought about the emergence of new religious movements? What is a cult or new religious movement? Who joins new religious movements and why? Are converts to new religious movements brainwashed? Why did the Jonestown and Waco tragedies happen? Are cults inclined to be violent? What does the emergence of so many new religious movements say about our society? What does it say about the future of religion?Cults in Context surveys the descriptive typologies, theories, and data accumulated by sociologists and psychologists studying new religious movements over the last twenty years. It serves to defuse many popular fears and misconceptions about cults, allowing the reader to develop a more reasonable and tolerant understanding of the people who join new religious movements and the functions of these movements in contemporary society.
Author : Lorne L. Dawson
Publisher : Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Comprehending Cults written by Lorne L. Dawson and published by Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He also analyzes controversial issues such as the accusations of brainwashing and sexual deviance that are sometimes made against cults; discusses why cults sometimes turn to violence; and examines what NRMs can tell us about the future of religion and culture in North America. The result is a comprehensive, evenhanded introduction to the study of new religious phenomena."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Peter Clarke
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134499701
Total Pages : 839 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements written by Peter Clarke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 839 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Religious Movements (NRMs) can involve vast numbers of followers and in many cases are radically changing the way people understand and practice religion and spirituality. Moreover, many are having a profound impact on the form and content of mainstream religion. The Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements provides uniquely global coverage of the phenomenon, with entries on over three-hundred movement from almost every country in the world. Coverage includes movements that derive from the major religions of the world and to neo-traditional movements, movements often overlooked in the study of NRMs. In addition to the coverage of particular movements there are also entries on topics, themes, key thinkers and key ideas, for example the New Age Movement, Neo-Paganism, New Religion and gender, NRMs and cyberspace, NRMs and the law, the Anti-Cult Movement, Swedenborg, Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, Lovelock, Gurdjieff, al-Banna, Qutb. The marked global approach and comprehensiveness of the encyclopedia enable an appreciation of the innovative energy of NRMs, of their extraordinary diversity, and the often surprising ways in which they can propagate geographically. The most ambitions publication of its sort, the Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements is a major addition to the reference literature for students and researchers of the field in religious studies and the social sciences. Entries are cross-referenced with short bibliographies for further reading. There is a full index.
Author : Richard Abanes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780891079811
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (798 download)
Download or read book Cults, New Religious Movements, and Your Family written by Richard Abanes and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To help guard yourself and your loved ones against unbiblical spiritual systems, Cults, New Religious Movements, and Your Family offers a concise overview of ten religious groups that a young person is likely to encounter in the 21st century.
Author : Douglas E. Cowan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111872349X
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (187 download)
Download or read book Cults and New Religions written by Douglas E. Cowan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-04-27 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unparalleled introduction to cults and new religiousmovements has been completely up-dated and expanded to reflect thelatest developments; each chapter reviews the origins, leaders,beliefs, rituals and practices of a NRM, highlighting the specificcontroversies surrounding each group. A fully updated, revised and expanded edition of anunparalleled introduction to cults and new religious movements Profiles a number of the most visible, significant, andcontroversial new religious movements, presenting eachgroup’s history, doctrines, rituals, leadership, andorganization Offers a discussion of the major controversies in which newreligious movements have been involved, using each profiled groupto illustrate the nature of one of those controversies Covers debates including what constitutes an authenticreligion, the validity of claims of brainwashing techniques, theimplications of experimentation with unconventional sexualpractices, and the deeply rooted cultural fears that cultsengender New sections include methods of studying new religions in eachchapter as well as presentations on ‘groups towatch’
Author : Irving I. Zaretsky
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 140086884X
Total Pages : 875 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Religious Movements in Contemporary America written by Irving I. Zaretsky and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 875 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary religious movements in America vary greatly in their organization, goals, methods, and membership. Reflecting the striking diversity of the current religious movement, the papers in this volume consider three categories of religious movements: native American churches, recently founded religious groups, and syncretistic groups based on imported cults. The general aim is to understand the varieties of human behavior within these institutions and to point out their relationship to society in the United States. Originally published in 1975. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Gaius Glenn Atkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781500804022
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Modern Religious Cults and Movements written by Gaius Glenn Atkins and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-11 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A perennial classic, Modern Religious Cults and Movements has continued to receive plaudits even after further exploration has continued to add to the literature on the subject. Atkins begins with the forms and history of what he considered the inevitable Catholic and Protestant traditions. The more recent developments in Christianity led to a belief in faith healing in general that grew into Christian Science. Clearly this is the modern religion that concerned him most as Atkins gives an approach to Mary Baker Eddy and her tradition, examining Christian Science as a philosophy and as a theology, and also as a system of healing and a religion. The universal and loosely defined "new thought" and "new age" led to a renewed interest in the East and consequently Theosophy and related "cults". Atkins addresses the Spiritualism that was a well attested phenomenon in the decades after the turn of the twentieth century, and concludes with a discussion of minor and peripheral cults. This portrayal of non-traditional religions in its own day is a period piece that will be of interest to students of American religion and historians of religion in general. Table of Contents Introduction I. THE FORMS AND BACKGROUNDS OF INHERITED CHRISTIANITY II. NEW FORCES AND OLD FAITHS III. FAITH HEALING IN GENERAL IV. THE APPROACH TO CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND MARY BAKER EDDY V. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AS A PHILOSOPHY VI. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AS A THEOLOGY VII. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AS A SYSTEM OF HEALING AND A RELIGION VIII. NEW THOUGHT X. THE RETURN OF THE EAST UPON THE WEST X. SPIRITUALISM XI. MINOR CULTS: THE MEANING OF THE CULTS FOR THE CHURCH
Author : Christopher Hugh Partridge
Publisher : Lion Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of New Religions written by Christopher Hugh Partridge and published by Lion Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and authoritative guide to over 200 new religions, sects and alternative spiritualities
Author : Jamie Cresswell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134636962
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)
Download or read book New Religious Movements written by Jamie Cresswell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Religious Movements: Challenge & Response is the most comprehensive, wide-ranging study on the global impact of new religions. * New religions discussed include Hare Krishna, Sikh Dharma, The Unification Church, The Church of Scientology, The Jesus People and Wicca. * Focuses on the rise of new religious movements in Italy, Brazil, United States, Germany and Britain. * The contributors are among the most respected and reputable experts in the field.
Author : James R. Lewis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190611529
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements written by James R. Lewis and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of New Religious Movements (NRMs) is one of the fastest-growing areas of religious studies, and since the release of the first edition of The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements in 2003, the field has continued to expand and break new ground. In this all-new volume, James R. Lewis and Inga B. Tøllefsen bring together established and rising scholars to address an expanded range of topics, covering traditional religious studies topics such as "scripture," "charisma," and "ritual," while also applying new theoretical approaches to NRM topics. Other chapters cover understudied topics in the field, such as the developmental patterns of NRMs and subcultural considerations in the study of NRMs. The first part of this book examines NRMs from a social-scientific perspective, particularly that of sociology. In the second section, the primary factors that have put the study of NRMs on the map, controversy and conflict, are considered. The third section investigates common themes within the field of NRMs, while the fourth examines the approaches that religious studies researchers have taken to NRMs. As NRM Studies has grown, subfields such as Esotericism, New Age Studies, and neo-Pagan Studies have grown as distinct and individual areas of study, and the final section of the book investigates these emergent fields.
Author : H. Wayne House
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
ISBN 13 : 0310100348
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Chronological and Background Charts of the New Testament written by H. Wayne House and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approach the New Testament with confidence. Chronological and Background Charts of the New Testament will help students organize and synthesize the vast amount of biblical and extrabiblical information on the New Testament by providing a helpful visual overview of the data, chronology, historical background, and criticism. This format allows facts, relationships, parallels, and contrasts to be grasped quickly and easily. Perfect for enhancing every type of teaching and learning situation and style, including homeschooling curricula and tutoring, church classes and Sunday school. The 90 charts in this updated, expanded edition are divided into four broad categories: General material for reading and understanding the New Testament. Backgrounds to the New Testament, such as historical and cultural settings. The Gospels—information on their authors, differences, audiences, etc. The apostolic age—chronology, theology, history, interpretations, etc. These charts cover a wide range of topics, from basic information to extrabiblical data such as "The Roman Military System," "Rabbinic Writings," and "The Five Gospels of the Jesus Seminar." ZondervanCharts are ready references for those who need the essential information at their fingertips. Accessible and highly useful, the books in this library offer clear organization and thorough summaries of issues, subjects, and topics that are key for Christian students and learners. The visuals and captions will cater to any teaching methodology, style, or program.
Author : Bryan R. Wilson
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415200493
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (4 download)
Download or read book New Religious Movements written by Bryan R. Wilson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on five countries (Italy, Brazil, Germany, Britain and the United States), New Religious Movements offers a comprehensive and wide-ranging study of the phenomena and impact of new religions.
Author : Louis Richard Binder
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Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Modern Religious Cults and Society written by Louis Richard Binder and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
