Controversial new religions

edited by James R. Lewis and Jesper Aagaard Petersen.
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Resource Type:
Book
Publication:
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (496 p.)

Details

Note:
  • Description based upon print version of record.
  • English
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
  • Contents; Contributors; Introduction; PART I: GROUPS IN THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION; 1. A Family for the Twenty-first Century; 2. Spirit Revelation and the Unification Church; 3. Reconstructing Reality: Conspiracy Theories about Jonestown; 4. Explaining Militarization at Waco: The Construction and Convergence of the Warfare Narrative; PART II: ASIAN AND ASIAN-INSPIRED GROUPS; 5. Family Development and Change in the Hare Krishna Movement; 6. When Leaders Dissolve: Considering Controversy and Stagnation in the Osho Rajneesh Movement; 7. Soka Gakkai: Searching for the Mainstream
  • 8. Aum Shinrikyo and the Aum Incident: A Critical Introduction9. The Falun Gong: A New Religious Movement in Post-Mao China; 10. Notes on the Aumist Religion; PART III: ESOTERIC AND NEW AGE GROUPS; 11. Inventing L. Ron Hubbard: On the Construction and Maintenance of the Hagiographic Mythology of Scientology's Founder; 12. The Theosophical Society; 13. The Solar Temple "Transits": Beyond the Millennialist Hypothesis; 14. From Atlantis to America: JZ Knight Encounters Ramtha; 15. Heart and Soul: A Qualitative Look at the Ethos of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness
  • PART IV: OTHER GROUPS AND MOVEMENTS16. "Come On Up, and I Will Show Thee": Heaven's Gate as a Postmodern Group; 17. The Raëlian Movement: Concocting Controversy, Seeking Social Legitimacy; 18. White Racist Religions in the United States: From Christian Identity to Wolf Age Pagans; 19. Modern Satanism: Dark Doctrines and Black Flames; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
Summary:
Featuring the new religious movements (NRMs) that have attracted the most scholarly attention over the past few years, this text includes groups such as the Branch Davidians, Heaven's Gate and Falun Gong, explaining their ethos and beliefs, as well as examining more controversial accusations.
Subject:
ISBN:
  • 9780195156829
  • 019515682X
  • 9786610837908
  • 6610837902
  • 9781280837906
  • 128083790X
  • 9781429438391
  • 1429438398
  • 9780198035657
  • 0198035659
  • 0-19-515682-X
  • 1-280-83790-X
  • 1-4294-3839-8
  • 0-19-803565-9
Other ISBN:
  • 9780195156836
  • 0195156838
  • 9780199784806
  • 0199784809
  • 0-19-515683-8
  • 0-19-978480-9
LC Classification:
BP603 .C66 2005
Catalog Record ID:
991036802794903811
Language:
English