Exploring New ReligionsCassell, 1999 - 405 pages Adopting an objective stance, this book examines the teachings and practices of a wide variety of new religious groups. The first two chapters raise general issues about cults, such as definitions, statistics, evangelization tactics, issues of public concern and methods of study. Subsequent chapters deal with new religions by genre - the older minority groups, New Christian groups, Hindu and Buddhist groups, the self-religions and the New Age. Each of these chapters begins with a general discussion of the background to each type of movement and selects three representative movements for greater in-depth study. |
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... sect contrasts with the church on virtually all the points mentioned above , according to Weber and Troeltsch . The sect tends to be small , unlike the established religion which dominates the culture and constitutes the religion of the ...
... sect contrasts with the church on virtually all the points mentioned above , according to Weber and Troeltsch . The sect tends to be small , unlike the established religion which dominates the culture and constitutes the religion of the ...
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... sect either to become accommodated within the church structure , as was the case with Pietism , or else the sect would become ' routinized ' and come more closely to resemble the established church , existing as an independent ...
... sect either to become accommodated within the church structure , as was the case with Pietism , or else the sect would become ' routinized ' and come more closely to resemble the established church , existing as an independent ...
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... sect typology , Troeltsch added a third category : ' mysticism ' . The term is somewhat misleading , since Troeltsch ... sect ' , which is the sect which had become routinized and institutionalized ; ( 2 ) the ' sect ' simpliciter ...
... sect typology , Troeltsch added a third category : ' mysticism ' . The term is somewhat misleading , since Troeltsch ... sect ' , which is the sect which had become routinized and institutionalized ; ( 2 ) the ' sect ' simpliciter ...
Contents
The suicide cults | 33 |
The old new religions | 77 |
The New Christian movements 120 2 | 120 |
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