The A To Z Of New Religious Movements

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The A to Z of New Religious Movements

Author : George D. Chryssides
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810855885
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book The A to Z of New Religious Movements written by George D. Chryssides and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The A to Z of New Religious Movements is a major contribution to understanding new and formative religions - leaving evaluation to the reader - providing brief descriptions of more than 100 religions with information on the founders and leaders and their roots in Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and other more traditional religions, as well as the impact of modern philosophy and science. The chronology begins in the 18th century, tracing the movements from their roots; the introduction defines and categorizes the NRMs; and the bibliography provides further reading."--BOOK JACKET.

A Guide to New Religious Movements

Author : Ronald M. Enroth
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 9780830823819
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (238 download)

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Book Synopsis A Guide to New Religious Movements by : Ronald M. Enroth

Download or read book A Guide to New Religious Movements written by Ronald M. Enroth and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2005-05-26 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sociologist Ronald Enroth and a team of expert contributors provide an accessible handle on the key religious movements of our day, from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Jehovah's Witnesses to contemporary versions of Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam.

Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements

Author : Peter Clarke
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134499701
Total Pages : 839 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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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: An essential companion to both research and scholarship upon which undergraduates, postgraduates, lecturers and researchers can all be expected to draw.

The Future of New Religious Movements

Author : David G. Bromley
Publisher : Mercer University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780865542389
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book The Future of New Religious Movements written by David G. Bromley and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Cambridge Companion to New Religious Movements

Author : Olav Hammer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521196507
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (211 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to New Religious Movements written by Olav Hammer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-30 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses the key features of new religions, such as Scientology, the Moonies and Jihadist movements, from a systematic, comparative perspective.

Understanding New Religious Movements

Author : John A. Saliba
Publisher : AltaMira Press
ISBN 13 : 0585483108
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (854 download)

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Download or read book Understanding New Religious Movements written by John A. Saliba and published by AltaMira Press. This book was released on 2004-09-08 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discussions of any religion can easily raise passions. But arguments tend to become even more heated when the religion under discussion is characterized as new. Divisions around the study of new religious movements (NRMs), or cults, or nontraditional or alternative or emergent religions are so acute that there is even controversy over what to call them. John Saliba strives to bring balance to these discussions by offering perspectives on new religions from different academic perspectives: history, psychology, sociology, law, theology, and counseling. This approach provides rich descriptions of a broad range of movements while demonstrating how the differing aims of the disciplines can create much of the controversy around NRMs. The new second edition has been updated and revised throughout and includes a new foreword by noted historian of religion, J. Gordon Melton. For classes in religion or the social sciences, or for interested individuals, Understanding New Religious Movements offers the most objective introduction possible.

New Religious Movements and Rapid Social Change

Author : James A. Beckford
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9781446233306
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (333 download)

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Download or read book New Religious Movements and Rapid Social Change written by James A. Beckford and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1986-11-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book shows how rapid social change gives rise to novel religious interpretations and how new religious movements, in turn, try to influence the process of change. This analysis is illustrated by studies of the advanced societies of North America and Europe, of Japan during the first phase of industrialization, and of countries and regions in the developing world. New religious movements are revealed as a normal aspect of social life and as critical indicators of social change. This is reflected in each movement's social composition, teachings, values, religious practices and organizational structures as well as their engagement in politics, business and their structuring of social relationships."--Publisher's description.

Exploring New Religions

Author : George D. Chryssides
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0826438903
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Exploring New Religions written by George D. Chryssides and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1999-12-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An objective, well-researched history of contemporary new religions and cults.New religious movements - popularly known as cults - arouse strong public opinion and most books on the subject are polemical, giving hostile reaction rather than informed exploration. Exploring New Religions provides an account of a wide variety of new religions, focusing on their origins, beliefs and practices, which are set out in a dispassionate way, leaving readers to form their own value judgements. George Chryssides provides important analysis of the killer cults-the Jonestown People's Temple, Waco, the Solar Temple and Heaven's Gate-examining the factors that made their followers willing to die for their cause. Older groups like the Jehovah's Witnesses and Latter-day Saints (Mormons) are discussed, and Chryssides traces the development of a variety of strands of spirituality, ranging from New Thought, Spiritualism and Theosophy. Subsequent chapters include the Baha'i, the Family (formerly Children of God), the Hare Krishna movement (ISKCON), the Jesus Army, the Rastafarians, the Church of Scientology, Transcendental Meditation (TM) and the Unification Church ('the Moonies'). Lower profile groups are also discussed including: EST (Erhard Seminar Training), the New Kadampa Tradition, Brahma Kumaris, Sai Baba, Subud and the Western Buddhist Order. A study of the New Age phenomenon, and an account of societal responses to new religions at religious, societal and political levels is also included.

New Religious Movements

Author : Jamie Cresswell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134636962
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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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.

New Religious Movements

Author : Eileen Barker
Publisher : Bernan Press(PA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book New Religious Movements written by Eileen Barker and published by Bernan Press(PA). This book was released on 1989 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Religious Movements

New Religious Movements

Author : Dereck Daschke
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814707033
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book New Religious Movements written by Dereck Daschke and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2005-06-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An original collection of primary documents conveying the wide array of ideas connected to new religious movements New Religious Movements is a highly unique volume, bringing together primary documents conveying the words and ideas of a wide array of new religious movements (NRMs), and offering a first-hand look into their belief systems. Arranged by the editors according to a new typology, the text allows readers to consider NRMS along five interrelated pathways—from those that offer new perceptions of existence or new personal identities, to those that center on relationships within family-like units, to those movements that highlight the need for recasting the social order or anticipate the dawn of a new age. The volume includes original documents from groups such as the Unification Church, Theosophy, Branch Davidians, Wicca, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Santeria, and Seventh Day Adventists, as well as many others. Each section is prefaced by a contextual introduction and concludes with a list of sources for further reading. New Religious Movements offers a rare inside look into the worldviews of alternative religious traditions.

Sexuality and New Religious Movements

Author : J. Lewis
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137386436
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Sexuality and New Religious Movements written by J. Lewis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues relating to sexuality, eroticism and gender are often connected to religious beliefs and practices, but also to prejudices against and fear of religious groups that adopt alternative approaches to sexuality. This is especially apparent in connection with new religious movements, which many times find themselves accused by the media and anti-cultists of promoting illicit and controversial views on sexuality. This anthology aims to critically investigate the role of sexuality in a number of new religious movements, including Mormon fundamentalist communities, the Branch Davidians, the Osho movement, the Raël movement, contemporary Wicca and Satanism, in addition to the teachings of Adidam and Gurdjieff on sexuality.

Controversial New Religions

Author : James R. Lewis
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199315310
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Controversial New Religions written by James R. Lewis and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In terms of public opinion, new religious movements are considered controversial for a variety of reasons. Their social organization often runs counter to popular expectations by experimenting with communal living, alternative leadership roles, unusual economic dispositions, and new political and ethical values. As a result the general public views new religions with a mixture of curiosity, amusement, and anxiety, sustained by lavish media emphasis on oddness and tragedy rather than familiarity and lived experience. This updated and revised second edition of Controversial New Religions offers a scholarly, dispassionate look at those groups that have generated the most attention, including some very well-known classical groups like The Family, Unification Church, Scientology, and Jim Jones's People's Temple; some relative newcomers such as the Kabbalah Centre, the Order of the Solar Temple, Branch Davidians, Heaven's Gate, and the Falun Gong; and some interesting cases like contemporary Satanism, the Raelians, Black nationalism, and various Pagan groups. Each essay combines an overview of the history and beliefs of each organization or movement with original and insightful analysis. By presenting decades of scholarly work on new religious movements written in an accessible form by established scholars as well as younger experts in the field, this book will be an invaluable resource for all those who seek a view of new religions that is deeper than what can be found in sensationalistic media stories.

Religions A to Z

Author : James A. Beverley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781418505738
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Religions A to Z written by James A. Beverley and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A guide to 100 influential religious movements"--Cover.

New Religious Movements: A Guide for the Perplexed

Author : Paul Oliver
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441125531
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book New Religious Movements: A Guide for the Perplexed written by Paul Oliver and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploration of 'new' religious movements which have originated since 1950, setting them within their social and cultural context.

Cults in Context

Author : Lorne Dawson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135152464X
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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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.

New Religious Movements

Author : Elijah Siegler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Religious Movements written by Elijah Siegler and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a historical and cultural approach,New Religious Movmentstakes the approach that new religious movements are neither new nor inherently evil or dangerous. The Introduction colorfully demonstrates the variety of NRMs today and how our first impressions of them may be wrong. Also, this text argues that NRMs are a normal response to cultural and social change, not just something that has "happened" to the Western World since the 1960s. This book's topics include Defining New Religious Movements, Modern Heresy, Esoteric Revival, Asian NRMs, African NRMs, Islamic NRMs, and the Global Future of NRMs. An interesting read for those interested in New Religious Movements.