Author: Ronald M. Enroth Publisher: InterVarsity Press ISBN: 9780830823819 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 228
Book Description
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.
Author: George D. Chryssides Publisher: A&C Black ISBN: 1441198296 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 456
Book Description
The Bloomsbury Companion to New Religious Movements covers key themes such as charismatic leadership, conversion and brainwashing, prophecy and millennialism, violence and suicide, gender and sexuality, legal issues, and the portrayal of New Religious Movements by the media and anti-cult organisations. Several categories of new religions receive special attention, including African new religions, Japanese new religions, Mormons, and UFO religions. This guide to New Religious Movements and their critical study brings together 29 world-class international scholars, and serves as a resource to students and researchers. The volume highlights the current state of academic study in the field, and explores areas in which future research might develop. Clearly and accessibly organised to help users quickly locate key information and analysis, the book includes an A to Z of key terms, extensive guides to further resources, a comprehensive bibliography, and a timeline of major developments in the field such as the emergence of new groups, publications, legal decisions, and historical events.
Author: John A. Saliba Publisher: AltaMira Press ISBN: 0585483108 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 310
Book Description
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.
Author: Richard Abanes Publisher: ISBN: 9780891079811 Category : Cults Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
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: Olav Hammer Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 0521196507 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 347
Book Description
This volume addresses the key features of new religions, such as Scientology, the Moonies and Jihadist movements, from a systematic, comparative perspective.
Author: Lorne Dawson Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell ISBN: 9781405101806 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 297
Book Description
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.
Author: Paul Oliver Publisher: A&C Black ISBN: 1441101977 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 194
Book Description
Discusses the philosophical, sociological, and psychological themes in new religious movements, and includes a survey and explanation of a few groups.
Author: Ronald M. Enroth
Author: Christopher Hugh Partridge
Author: George D. Chryssides
Author: John A. Saliba
Author: Richard Abanes
Author: Olav Hammer
Author: Eileen Barker
Author: Lorne Dawson
Author: Christopher Partridge
Author: Paul Oliver