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The Oxford handbook of new religious movements / edited by James R. Lewis.
| Other author | Lewis, James R. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008. |
| Description | xv, 544 pages ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Supplemental Content | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Supplemental Content | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Handbook of new religious movements |
| Portion of title | New religious movements |
| Contents | Contributors -- Overview / James R. Lewis -- 1. An introduction to new religions / J. Gordon Melton -- pt. 1. Modernization and new religions -- 2. Alternative spiritualities, new religions, and the reenchantment of the West / Christopher Partridge -- 3. The sociocultural significance of modern new religious movements / Lorne L. Dawson -- 4. Science and religion in the new religions / Mikael Rothstein -- 5. Virtually religious : new religious movements and the World Wide Web / Douglas E. Cowan and Jeffrey K. Hadden -- pt. 2. Social conflict -- 6. Violence and new religious movement / David G. Bromley -- 7. Legal dimensions of new religions / James T. Richardson -- 8. The North American anti-cult movement : vicissitudes of success and failure / Anson Shupe, David G. Bromley and Susan E. Darnell -- 9. Something peculiar about France : anti-cult campaigns in Western Europe and French religious exceptionalism / Massimo Introvigne -- 10. Satanism and ritual abuse / Philip Jenkins -- 11. Conversion and "brainwashing" in new religious movements / Dick Anthony and Thomas Robbins -- 12. Leaving the fold : disaffiliating from new religious movements / David G. Bromley -- pt. 3. Social and psychological dimensions -- 13. Psychology and the new religious movements / John A. Saliba -- 14. Millennialism / Richard Landes -- 15. The mythic dimensions of new religious movements : function, reality construction, and process / Diana G. Tumminia and R. George Kirkpatrick -- 16. Women in new religious movements / Susan J. Palmer -- 17. Children in new religious movements / Charlotte E. Hardman -- pt. 4. Neo-pagans, UFOs, and other heterodoxies -- 18. Waiting for the "big beam" : UFO religions and "ufological" themes in new religious movements / Andreas Grünschloss -- 19. Esotericism in new religious movements / Olav Hammer -- 20 The dynamics of alternative spirituality : seekers, networks, and "new age" / Steven J. Sutcliffe -- 21. New religions in East Asia / Michael Pye -- 22. Witches, wiccans, and new-pagans : a review of current academic treatments of neo-paganism / Síân Lee Reid and Shelley TSivia Rabinovitch -- Index. |
| General note | "First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2008"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN | 9780195369649 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0195369645 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780195149869 |
| ISBN | 0195149866 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | BL98 .O84 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |