Abuse in new religious movements / Sarah Harvey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harvey, Sarah (Researcher), author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in new religious movements, 2635-232X

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cults--Social aspects.

Cults.

Ritual abuse.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (75 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"This Element analyses issues of abuse in new religious movements (NRMs). It argues that abuse in NRMs is not unique but that certain factors can be intensified in NRM contexts – propensities for separation from wider society, teachings on unique legitimacy and exclusivity, and charismatic authority. First, a historical overview addresses how abuse in NRMs has been approached and understood, linking this to the development of NRM and cultic studies and their preferred terminology. Second, a theoretical framework allows consideration of the ways in which the interlinked structural and cultural factors of religious movements can contribute to the perpetration, legitimisation or concealment of abuse. Finally, the Element presents an applied case study analysing the interplay of these factors in the Jesus Fellowship Church, a UK-based NRM which closed in 2019, partly in recognition of abuses that had occurred"-- Cambridge University Press.

Contents:

A theoretical model of abuse : structural and cultural factors

A holy segregation between the sexes’ : The Jesus Fellowship Church.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge University Press, viewed November 18, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Harvey, Sarah (Researcher) Abuse in new religious movements

ISBN:

9781009660822

1009660829

9781009660853

1009660853

OCLC:

1545081307

Publisher Number:

CIPO000293646

Access Restriction:

Some versions: Open access versions available from some providers open access