The Oxford handbook of new religious movements. Volume II / edited by James R. Lewis and Inga Tøllefsen.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Lewis, James R., editor.
• Tøllefsen, Inga B., editor.

Series:

• Oxford handbooks online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Cults--History--20th century.
• Cults.
• History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

• Handbook of new religious movements
• New religious movements

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The study of new religious movements (NRMs) is one of the fastest-growing areas of religious studies. This handbook covers the current state of the field, with contributions drawn equally from scholars of sociology and religious studies.

Contents:

• Categorizing Religious Organizations / David G. Bromley
• Conversion / George D. Chryssides
• Charisma and Authority in New Religious Movements / Erin Prophet
• Disaffiliation and New Religious Movements / Sean Currie
• Seekers and Subcultures / James R. Lewis
• Quantitative Approaches to New Religions / Margrethe Løøv
• Psychology and New Religious Movements / John A. Saliba
• As It Was in the Beginning / David G. Bromley
• The North American Anticult Movement / Anson Shupe
• The Christian Countercult Movement / Douglas E. Cowan
• Legal Dimensions of New Religions / James T. Richardson
• Brainwashing and 'Cultic Mind Control' / James R. Lewis
• From Jonestown to 9/11 and Beyond / Rebecca Moore
• Conspiracy Theories and New Religious Movements / Asbjørn Dyrendal
• Satanic Ritual Abuse / James R. Lewis
• Cult Journalism / Nicoles S. Ruskell, James R. Lewis
• Invention in 'New New' Religions / Carole M. Cusack
• Children in New Religions / Sanja Nilsson
• Media, Technology, and New Religious Movements / Shannon Trosper Schorey
• New Religions and Science / Jeremy Rapport
• Gender and New Religions / Inga Tøllefsen
• Sex and New Religions / Megan Goodwin
• Occulture and Everyday Enchantment / Christopher Partridge
• Rituals and Ritualization in New Religions Movements / Mikael Rothstein
• The Mythic Dimensions of New Religious Movements / Diana G. Tumminia
• Religious Experiences in New Religious Movements / Olav Hammer
• New Religious Movements and Scripture / Eugene V. Gallagher
• Material Religion / Jessica Moberg
• Hagiography / Mikael Rothstein
• Millennialism / Jean-François Mayer
• What Does God Need with a Starship? / Erik A. W. Östling
• Late Modern Shamanism in a Norwegian Context / Trude Fonneland
• Modern Religious Satanism / Jesper Aagaard Petersen
• Western Esotericism and New Religious Movements / Henrik Bogdan
• The New Age / Liselotte Frisk, Ingvild Sælid Gilhus, Siv Ellen Kraft
• The Study of Paganism and Wicca / Kaarina Aitamurto, Scott Simpson
• Native American Prophet Religions / James R. Lewis, Ellen Dobrowolski.

Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 4, 2016).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780190466206

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.