The Cambridge companion to new religious movements /

New religions emerge as distinct entities in the religious landscape when innovations are introduced by a charismatic leader or a schismatic group leaves its parent organization. New religious movements (NRMs) often present novel doctrines and advocate unfamiliar modes of behavior, and have therefor...

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Other Authors: Hammer, Olav, Rothstein, Mikael
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Series:Cambridge companions to religion.
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505 0 |a Introduction to New Religious Movements / Olav Hammer and Mikael Rothstein -- Part I. Social Science Perspectives: 1. The sociology of New Religious Movements / David Bromley -- 2. Religion and the Internet / Douglas Cowan -- 3. Major controversies involving New Religious Movements: a comparative perspective / James Richardson -- Part II. Themes: 4. History and the end of time in New Religions / Garry Trompf -- 5. Charismatic leaders in New Religions / Catherine Wessinger -- 6. Rituals in New Religions / Graham Harvey -- 7. Canonical and extracanonical texts in New Religions / Mikael Rothstein and Olav Hammer -- Part III. New Religions in the West and Beyond: 8. Scientology: up stat, down stat / James Lewis -- 9. Neo-Paganism / Sabina Magliocco -- 10. The International Raelian Movement / Susan J. Palmer and Bryan Sentes -- 11. The Sathya Sai Baba Movement / Tulasi Srinivas -- 12. Neo-Sufism / Mark Sedgwick -- 13. Satanism / Asbjørn Dyrendal and Jesper Aagaard Pedersen -- 14. Theosophy / James Santucci -- 15. The New Age / George Chryssides -- 16. 'Jihadism' as a New Religious Movement / Reuven Firestone -- 17. New Religions in the New Russia / Marat Shterin -- 18. New Religious Movements in sub-Saharan Africa / Peter Clarke. 
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