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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Cambridge ; New York :
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2012.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.