New religious movements in Islam / Mark Sedgwick

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sedgwick, Mark J., author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in new religious movements

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic sects.

Cults--Islamic countries.

Cults.

Islamic countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"New Religious Movements (NRMs) have emerged periodically from the formative period of Islam to the present day. This Element considers a representative sample, organized by chronological period and then by type. In earlier periods, particular features of Islam either encouraged or discouraged the emergence of NRMs. Modernity brought new conditions that led to new types of NRM, the focus of this Element. Initially, NRMs arose in resistance to modernity or in support of it. Then came NRMs adjusted to the age of mass modernity. The Element also examines Western NRMs of Islamic origin or coloring. All these NRMs are understood in terms of their relationship with the dominant religious community, the host society, and political authority, as well as the novelty of their beliefs and practice"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Authority structures and the limits on religious innovation

The middle period

Early modernity

The mass age

Sufism in the West

Salafis and jihadists

Modern hybrids

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed May 20, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Sedgwick, Mark J. New religious movements in Islam

ISBN:

9781009349338

1009349333

OCLC:

1586826888

Publisher Number:

CIPO000381690

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license