Researching new religious movements : responses and redefinitions /
Arweck, Elisabeth.
Researching new religious movements : responses and redefinitions / Elisabeth Arweck. - New York : Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Open Access
New religious movements such as the Moonies, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Hare Krishnas are now well established in mainstream cultural consciousness. But, responses to these 'cult' groups still tend to be overwhelmingly negative, characterized by the furious reactions that they evoke from majority interests. Modern societies need to learn how best to respond to such movements, and how to interpret their benefits and dangers. "Researching New Religious Movements" provides a cutting-edge analysis of the controversy around new religions in America and Europe today. Drawing on original fieldwork, it explores the battles between the recruiting factions of groups like the Moonies, and the anti-cult movements and Church societies that have mobilized to oppose these. It considers academic and media interventions on both sides, placing special emphasis on the problems of objectivity inherent in the language of 'sects', 'abduction', and 'brainwashing'. Ideal for students, researchers, and professionals, this provocative and much-needed book takes the debate over new religious movements to a newly sophisticated level.
English and German.
9781134472468 1134472463
10.4324/9780203642375 doi
9781134472468 Ingram Content Group
GBB8C1906 bnb
018918757 Uk
Cults--Germany.
Religion and sociology--Germany.
Cults--Great Britain.
Religion and sociology--Great Britain.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
RELIGION--Essays.
RELIGION--Reference.
Cults.
Religion and sociology.
Germany.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
BL980.G3 / A79 2005
200/.7/041
Researching new religious movements : responses and redefinitions / Elisabeth Arweck. - New York : Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Open Access
New religious movements such as the Moonies, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Hare Krishnas are now well established in mainstream cultural consciousness. But, responses to these 'cult' groups still tend to be overwhelmingly negative, characterized by the furious reactions that they evoke from majority interests. Modern societies need to learn how best to respond to such movements, and how to interpret their benefits and dangers. "Researching New Religious Movements" provides a cutting-edge analysis of the controversy around new religions in America and Europe today. Drawing on original fieldwork, it explores the battles between the recruiting factions of groups like the Moonies, and the anti-cult movements and Church societies that have mobilized to oppose these. It considers academic and media interventions on both sides, placing special emphasis on the problems of objectivity inherent in the language of 'sects', 'abduction', and 'brainwashing'. Ideal for students, researchers, and professionals, this provocative and much-needed book takes the debate over new religious movements to a newly sophisticated level.
English and German.
9781134472468 1134472463
10.4324/9780203642375 doi
9781134472468 Ingram Content Group
GBB8C1906 bnb
018918757 Uk
Cults--Germany.
Religion and sociology--Germany.
Cults--Great Britain.
Religion and sociology--Great Britain.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
RELIGION--Essays.
RELIGION--Reference.
Cults.
Religion and sociology.
Germany.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
BL980.G3 / A79 2005
200/.7/041