Cults And New Religious Movements A Reader

Author : Lorne L. Dawson
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2003-06-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1405101814

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Cults and New Religious Movements by Lorne L. Dawson Pdf

What is a cult? Why do they emerge? Who joins them? And why do tragedies such as Waco and Jonestown occur? This reader brings together the voices of historians, sociologists, and psychologists of religion to address these key questions about new religious movements. Looks at theoretical explanations for cults, why people join and what happens when they do. Brings together the best work on cults by sociologists, historians, and psychologists of religion. A broad-ranging, balanced and clearly organized collection of readings. Includes coverage of topical issues, such as the 'brainwashing' controversy, and cults in cyberspace. Section introductions by the editor situate the nature, value, and relevance of the selected readings in context of current discussions.

Author : Dereck Daschke,Michael Ashcraft
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005-06-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814707029

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New Religious Movements by Dereck Daschke,Michael Ashcraft Pdf

An original collection of primary documents conveying the wide array of ideas connected to new religious movements New Religious Movements is a highly unique volume, bringing together primary documents conveying the words and ideas of a wide array of new religious movements (NRMs), and offering a first-hand look into their belief systems. Arranged by the editors according to a new typology, the text allows readers to consider NRMS along five interrelated pathways—from those that offer new perceptions of existence or new personal identities, to those that center on relationships within family-like units, to those movements that highlight the need for recasting the social order or anticipate the dawn of a new age. The volume includes original documents from groups such as the Unification Church, Theosophy, Branch Davidians, Wicca, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Santeria, and Seventh Day Adventists, as well as many others. Each section is prefaced by a contextual introduction and concludes with a list of sources for further reading. New Religious Movements offers a rare inside look into the worldviews of alternative religious traditions.

Author : Dereck Daschke,Michael Ashcraft,W. Michael Ashcraft
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005-06-17
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780814707036

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New Religious Movements by Dereck Daschke,Michael Ashcraft,W. Michael Ashcraft Pdf

An original collection of primary documents conveying the wide array of ideas connected to new religious movements New Religious Movements is a highly unique volume, bringing together primary documents conveying the words and ideas of a wide array of new religious movements (NRMs), and offering a first-hand look into their belief systems. Arranged by the editors according to a new typology, the text allows readers to consider NRMS along five interrelated pathways—from those that offer new perceptions of existence or new personal identities, to those that center on relationships within family-like units, to those movements that highlight the need for recasting the social order or anticipate the dawn of a new age. The volume includes original documents from groups such as the Unification Church, Theosophy, Branch Davidians, Wicca, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Santeria, and Seventh Day Adventists, as well as many others. Each section is prefaced by a contextual introduction and concludes with a list of sources for further reading. New Religious Movements offers a rare inside look into the worldviews of alternative religious traditions.

Author : Lorne Dawson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351524643

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Cults in Context by Lorne Dawson Pdf

In the face of the increasingly variegated ideological landscape of contemporary America, cults have become the focus of public controversy. The growth of new religions has been matched by the development of an organized and vocal opposition, the anti-cult movement. This in turn has prompted an extensive investigation of new religious movements (NRMs) by sociologists and psychologists of religion, as well as historians and religious studies scholars. The readings collected here contribute to the debate about cults by sampling some of the best and most accessible publications from the academic study of NRMs.The contributors address the questions most commonly asked about cults, such as: What brought about the emergence of new religious movements? What is a cult or new religious movement? Who joins new religious movements and why? Are converts to new religious movements brainwashed? Why did the Jonestown and Waco tragedies happen? Are cults inclined to be violent? What does the emergence of so many new religious movements say about our society? What does it say about the future of religion?Cults in Context surveys the descriptive typologies, theories, and data accumulated by sociologists and psychologists studying new religious movements over the last twenty years. It serves to defuse many popular fears and misconceptions about cults, allowing the reader to develop a more reasonable and tolerant understanding of the people who join new religious movements and the functions of these movements in contemporary society.

Author : Lorne L. Dawson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0765804786

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Cults in Context by Lorne L. Dawson Pdf

In the face of the increasingly variegated ideological landscape of contemporary America, cults have become the focus of public controversy. The growth of new religions has been matched by the development of an organized and vocal opposition, the anti-cult movement. This in turn has prompted an extensive investigation of new religious movements (NRMs) by sociologists and psychologists of religion, as well as historians and religious studies scholars. The readings collected here contribute to the debate about cults by sampling some of the best and most accessible publications from the academic study of NRMs.The contributors address the questions most commonly asked about cults, such as: What brought about the emergence of new religious movements? What is a cult or new religious movement? Who joins new religious movements and why? Are converts to new religious movements brainwashed? Why did the Jonestown and Waco tragedies happen? Are cults inclined to be violent? What does the emergence of so many new religious movements say about our society? What does it say about the future of religion?Cults in Context surveys the descriptive typologies, theories, and data accumulated by sociologists and psychologists studying new religious movements over the last twenty years. It serves to defuse many popular fears and misconceptions about cults, allowing the reader to develop a more reasonable and tolerant understanding of the people who join new religious movements and the functions of these movements in contemporary society.

Author : Lorne L. Dawson
Publisher : Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X004898638

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Comprehending Cults by Lorne L. Dawson Pdf

He also analyzes controversial issues such as the accusations of brainwashing and sexual deviance that are sometimes made against cults; discusses why cults sometimes turn to violence; and examines what NRMs can tell us about the future of religion and culture in North America. The result is a comprehensive, evenhanded introduction to the study of new religious phenomena."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : David G. Bromley,J. Gordon Melton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2002-05-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0521668980

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Cults, Religion, and Violence by David G. Bromley,J. Gordon Melton Pdf

This explores the question of when and why violence by and against new religious cults erupts and whether and how such dramatic conflicts can be foreseen, managed and averted. The authors, leading international experts on religious movements and violent behavior, focus on the four major episodes of cult violence during the last decade: the tragic conflagration that engulfed the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas; the deadly sarin gas attack by the Aum Shinrikyo in Tokyo; the murder-suicides by the Solar Temple in Switzerland and Canada; and the collective suicide by the members of Heaven's Gate. They explore the dynamics leading to these dramatic episodes in North America, Europe, and Asia, and offer insights into the general relationship between violence and religious cults in contemporary society. The authors conclude that these events usually involve some combination of internal and external dynamics through which a new religious movement and society become polarized.

Author : Peter Clarke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 921 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781134499694

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Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements by Peter Clarke Pdf

New Religious Movements (NRMs) can involve vast numbers of followers and in many cases are radically changing the way people understand and practice religion and spirituality. Moreover, many are having a profound impact on the form and content of mainstream religion. The Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements provides uniquely global coverage of the phenomenon, with entries on over three-hundred movement from almost every country in the world. Coverage includes movements that derive from the major religions of the world and to neo-traditional movements, movements often overlooked in the study of NRMs. In addition to the coverage of particular movements there are also entries on topics, themes, key thinkers and key ideas, for example the New Age Movement, Neo-Paganism, New Religion and gender, NRMs and cyberspace, NRMs and the law, the Anti-Cult Movement, Swedenborg, Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, Lovelock, Gurdjieff, al-Banna, Qutb. The marked global approach and comprehensiveness of the encyclopedia enable an appreciation of the innovative energy of NRMs, of their extraordinary diversity, and the often surprising ways in which they can propagate geographically. The most ambitions publication of its sort, the Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements is a major addition to the reference literature for students and researchers of the field in religious studies and the social sciences. Entries are cross-referenced with short bibliographies for further reading. There is a full index.

Author : John A. Saliba
Publisher : AltaMira Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004-09-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780585483108

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Understanding New Religious Movements by John A. Saliba Pdf

Discussions of any religion can easily raise passions. But arguments tend to become even more heated when the religion under discussion is characterized as new. Divisions around the study of new religious movements (NRMs), or cults, or nontraditional or alternative or emergent religions are so acute that there is even controversy over what to call them. John Saliba strives to bring balance to these discussions by offering perspectives on new religions from different academic perspectives: history, psychology, sociology, law, theology, and counseling. This approach provides rich descriptions of a broad range of movements while demonstrating how the differing aims of the disciplines can create much of the controversy around NRMs. The new second edition has been updated and revised throughout and includes a new foreword by noted historian of religion, J. Gordon Melton. For classes in religion or the social sciences, or for interested individuals, Understanding New Religious Movements offers the most objective introduction possible.

Author : Douglas E. Cowan,David G. Bromley
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X030262354

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Cults and New Religions by Douglas E. Cowan,David G. Bromley Pdf

An overview of the development of new religions and the controversies surrounding them in late modern society. A stimulating, course-friendly overview of the history and development of new religious movements (NRMs) in the late twentieth century Explores eight cults and NRMs, including the Church of Scientology, Transcendental Meditation, Unificationism, The Family International, the Ramtha School of Enlightenment, the Branch Davidians, Heaven’s Gate, and Wicca Each chapter reviews the origins, leaders, beliefs, rituals and practices of a NRM, highlighting the specific controversies surrounding this group Covers debates including what constitutes an authentic religion, the validity of claims of brainwashing techniques, the implications of experimentation with unconventional sexual practices, and the deeply rooted cultural fears that cults engender.

Author : George D. Chryssides,Margaret Wilkins,Margaret Z. Wilkins
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006-05-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780826461681

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A Reader in New Religious Movements by George D. Chryssides,Margaret Wilkins,Margaret Z. Wilkins Pdf

There are over 600 New Religious Movements (NRMs) in Great Britain alone, and more than 2000 in the United States. A Reader in New Religious Movements provides an introduction to the main teachings of a selection of these organizations, focusing on those that are well established in the West. The contemporary—and in some cases controversial—NRMs covered include the Unification Church, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, the Family, Osho, Soka Gakkai International and the Western Buddhist Order.

Author : David G. Bromley,Phillip E. Hammond,New Ecumenical Research Association (Unification Theological Seminary)
Publisher : Mercer University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0865542384

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The Future of New Religious Movements by David G. Bromley,Phillip E. Hammond,New Ecumenical Research Association (Unification Theological Seminary) Pdf

Author : Jamie Cresswell,Bryan Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134636969

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New Religious Movements by Jamie Cresswell,Bryan Wilson Pdf

New Religious Movements: Challenge & Response is the most comprehensive, wide-ranging study on the global impact of new religions. * New religions discussed include Hare Krishna, Sikh Dharma, The Unification Church, The Church of Scientology, The Jesus People and Wicca. * Focuses on the rise of new religious movements in Italy, Brazil, United States, Germany and Britain. * The contributors are among the most respected and reputable experts in the field.

Author : George D. Chryssides
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780810861947

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Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements by George D. Chryssides Pdf

New religious movements--commonly known as cults--are defined as organizations that have arisen within the last 200 years. Most treatments of these movements have typically resorted to sensationalism rather than objectivity, and New religious movements tend to receive negative media publicity. Despite their unfavorable portrayal in popular culture, however, new religious movements are a global phenomenon and much remains to be studied about these movements. In this newly updated second edition of the Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements, George D. Chryssides traces the rise and development of new religious movements throughout the world. An updated introduction summarizes the phenomenon of new religious movements and lays out the changes to the dictionary since the 2001 edition, while the main body of the dictionary consists of close to 600 cross-referenced entries on key figures, ideas, themes, and places related to various new religious movements. An index organizes the information in the dictionary, and a comprehensive bibliography leads the researcher to further sources. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about new religious movements.

Author : Emily Suzanne Clark,Brad Stoddard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781350063990

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Race and New Religious Movements in the USA by Emily Suzanne Clark,Brad Stoddard Pdf

Organized in chronological order of the founding of each movement, this documentary reader brings to life new religious movements from the 18th century to the present. It provides students with the tools to understand questions of race, religion, and American religious history. Movements covered include the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), the Native American Church, the Moorish Science Temple, the Nation of Islam, and more. The voices included come from both men and women. Each chapter focuses on a different new religious movement and features: - an introduction to the movement, including the context of its founding - two to four primary source documents about or from the movement - suggestions for further reading.