The Oxford handbook of new religious movements /
The Oxford handbook of new religious movements /
New religious movements
edited by James R. Lewis.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2004.
- xv, 544 p. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An Introduction to New Religions / Modernization and new religions -- Alternative Spiritualities, New Religions, and the Reenchantment of the West / The Sociocultural Significance of Modern New Religious Movements / Science and Religion in the New Religions / Virtually Religious : New Religious Movements and the World Wide Web / Social conflict -- Violence and New Religious Movements / Legal Dimensions of New Religions / The North American Anti-Cult Movement : Vicissitudes of Success and Failure / Something Peculiar about France : Anti-Cult Campaigns in Western Europe and French Religious Exceptionalism / Satanism and Ritual Abuse / Conversion and "Brainwashing" in New Religious Movements / Leaving the Fold : Disaffiliating from New Religious Movements / Social and psychological dimensions -- Psychology and the New Religious Movements / Millennialism / The Mythic Dimensions of New Religious Movements : Function, Reality Construction, and Process / Women in New Religious Movements / Children in New Religious Movements / Neo-Pagans, UFOs, and Other Heterodoxies -- Waiting for the "Big Beam" : UFO Religions and "Ufological" Themes in New Religious Movements / Esotericism in New Religious Movements / The Dynamics of Alternative Spirituality : Seekers, Networks, and "New Age" / New Religions in East Asia / Witches, Wiccans, and Neo-Pagans : A Review of Current Academic Treatments of Neo-Paganism / James R. Lewis -- J. Gordon Melton -- Christopher Partridge -- Lorne L. Dawson -- Mikael Rothstein -- Douglas E. Cowan and Jeffrey K. Hadden -- David G. Bromley -- James T. Richardson -- Anson Shupe, David G. Bromley, and Susan E. Darnell -- Massimo Introvigne -- Philip Jenkins -- Dick Anthony and Thomas Robbins -- David G. Bromley -- John A. Saliba -- Richard Landes -- Diana G. Tumminia and R. George Kirkpatrick -- Susan J. Palmer -- Charlotte E. Hardman -- Andreas Grünschloss -- Olav Hammer -- Steven J. Sutcliffe -- Michael Pye -- Sian Lee Reid and Shelley TSivia Rabinovitch. Overview / Part I. Part II. Part III. Part IV.
The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements both covers the current state of the field and breaks new ground. Its contributors, drawn form both sociology and religious studies, are leading figures in the study of NRMs.
9780195369649
2003002013
Cults.
Godsdienstige bewegingen.
Cultes--Guides, manuels, etc.--20e siècle
Religions--Guides, manuels, etc.--20e siècle
Sectes--Guides, manuels, etc.--20e siècle
Neue Religion.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An Introduction to New Religions / Modernization and new religions -- Alternative Spiritualities, New Religions, and the Reenchantment of the West / The Sociocultural Significance of Modern New Religious Movements / Science and Religion in the New Religions / Virtually Religious : New Religious Movements and the World Wide Web / Social conflict -- Violence and New Religious Movements / Legal Dimensions of New Religions / The North American Anti-Cult Movement : Vicissitudes of Success and Failure / Something Peculiar about France : Anti-Cult Campaigns in Western Europe and French Religious Exceptionalism / Satanism and Ritual Abuse / Conversion and "Brainwashing" in New Religious Movements / Leaving the Fold : Disaffiliating from New Religious Movements / Social and psychological dimensions -- Psychology and the New Religious Movements / Millennialism / The Mythic Dimensions of New Religious Movements : Function, Reality Construction, and Process / Women in New Religious Movements / Children in New Religious Movements / Neo-Pagans, UFOs, and Other Heterodoxies -- Waiting for the "Big Beam" : UFO Religions and "Ufological" Themes in New Religious Movements / Esotericism in New Religious Movements / The Dynamics of Alternative Spirituality : Seekers, Networks, and "New Age" / New Religions in East Asia / Witches, Wiccans, and Neo-Pagans : A Review of Current Academic Treatments of Neo-Paganism / James R. Lewis -- J. Gordon Melton -- Christopher Partridge -- Lorne L. Dawson -- Mikael Rothstein -- Douglas E. Cowan and Jeffrey K. Hadden -- David G. Bromley -- James T. Richardson -- Anson Shupe, David G. Bromley, and Susan E. Darnell -- Massimo Introvigne -- Philip Jenkins -- Dick Anthony and Thomas Robbins -- David G. Bromley -- John A. Saliba -- Richard Landes -- Diana G. Tumminia and R. George Kirkpatrick -- Susan J. Palmer -- Charlotte E. Hardman -- Andreas Grünschloss -- Olav Hammer -- Steven J. Sutcliffe -- Michael Pye -- Sian Lee Reid and Shelley TSivia Rabinovitch. Overview / Part I. Part II. Part III. Part IV.
The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements both covers the current state of the field and breaks new ground. Its contributors, drawn form both sociology and religious studies, are leading figures in the study of NRMs.
9780195369649
2003002013
Cults.
Godsdienstige bewegingen.
Cultes--Guides, manuels, etc.--20e siècle
Religions--Guides, manuels, etc.--20e siècle
Sectes--Guides, manuels, etc.--20e siècle
Neue Religion.
