The Cambridge companion to new religious movements / edited by Olav Hammer and Mikael Rothstein.
Hammer, Olav.; Rothstein, Mikael.
2012
BP603 .C35 2012 (Mapit)
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Title The Cambridge companion to new religious movements / edited by Olav Hammer and Mikael Rothstein.
ISBN 9780521196505
0521196507
9780521145657 (pbk.)
0521145651 (pbk.)
Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Language English
Description xii, 330 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number BP603 .C35 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 209
Summary "New religions emerge as distinct entities in the religious landscape when innovations are introduced by a charismatic leader or a schismatic group leaves its parent organization. New religious movements (NRMs) often present novel doctrines and advocate unfamiliar modes of behavior, and have therefore often been perceived as controversial. NRMs have, however, in recent years come to be treated in the same way as established religions, that is, as complex cultural phenomena involving myths, rituals and canonical texts. This Companion discusses key features of NRMs from a systematic, comparative perspective, summarizing results of forty years of research. The volume addresses NRMs that have caught media attention, including movements such as Scientology, New Age, the Neopagans, the Sai Baba movement and Jihadist movements active in a post-9/11 context. An essential resource for students of religious studies, the history of religion, sociology, anthropology and the psychology of religion"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Hammer, Olav.
Rothstein, Mikael.
Series Cambridge companions to religion.
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Part I. Social science perspectives. The sociology of new religious movements / David G. Bromley
New religious movements and the evolving Internet / Douglas E. Cowan
Major controversies involving new religious movements / James T. Richardson
Part II. Themes. History and the end of time in new religions / Garry W. Trompf
Charismatic leaders in new religions / Catherine Wessinger
Rituals in new religions / Graham Harvey
Canonical and extracanonical texts in new religions / Olav Hammer and Mikael Rothstein
Part III. New religious movements. Scientology : up stat, down stat / James R. Lewis
Neopaganism / Sabina Magliocco
The International Raëlian Movement / Susan J. Palmer and Bryan Sentes
The Sathya Sai Baba movement / Tulasi Srinivas
Neo-Sufism / Mark Sedgwick
Satanism / Jesper Aagaard Petersen and Asbjørn Dyrendal
Theosophy / James A. Santucci
The New Age / George D. Chryssides
"Jihadism" as a new religious movement / Reuven Firestone
New religious movements in changing Russia / Marat Shterin
New religious movements in sub-Saharan Africa / Peter B. Clarke.

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