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New religious movements and rapid social change /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Sociological Association. Research Committee 22
Other Authors: Beckford, James A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Beverly Hills, Calif. : Paris, France : Sage Publications ; Unesco, 1986.
Subjects:
Religions.
Table of Contents:
  • Religious movements and counter-movements in North America / Robert Wuthnow
  • New religious movements in Western Europe / James A. Beckford and Martine Levasseur
  • The development of millennialistic thought in Japan's new religions / Susumu Shimazono
  • Social change and movements of revitalization in contemporary Islam / Saïd Amir Arjomand
  • A contemporary study of two new religious movements in the Republic of Korea / Syn-duk Choi
  • New religious movements in the Caribbean / Laënnec Hurbon
  • The social impact of Nigeria's new religious movements / Friday M. Mbon
  • The cult of Hūniyan / Gananath Obeyesekere
  • New Hindo religious movements in India / Arvind Sharma.