Exploring New ReligionsBloomsbury Publishing, 1999 M12 1 - 416 pages An objective, well-researched history of contemporary new religions and cults.New religious movements - popularly known as cults - arouse strong public opinion and most books on the subject are polemical, giving hostile reaction rather than informed exploration. Exploring New Religions provides an account of a wide variety of new religions, focusing on their origins, beliefs and practices, which are set out in a dispassionate way, leaving readers to form their own value judgements. George Chryssides provides important analysis of the killer cults-the Jonestown People's Temple, Waco, the Solar Temple and Heaven's Gate-examining the factors that made their followers willing to die for their cause. Older groups like the Jehovah's Witnesses and Latter-day Saints (Mormons) are discussed, and Chryssides traces the development of a variety of strands of spirituality, ranging from New Thought, Spiritualism and Theosophy. Subsequent chapters include the Baha'i, the Family (formerly Children of God), the Hare Krishna movement (ISKCON), the Jesus Army, the Rastafarians, the Church of Scientology, Transcendental Meditation (TM) and the Unification Church ('the Moonies'). Lower profile groups are also discussed including: EST (Erhard Seminar Training), the New Kadampa Tradition, Brahma Kumaris, Sai Baba, Subud and the Western Buddhist Order. A study of the New Age phenomenon, and an account of societal responses to new religions at religious, societal and political levels is also included. |
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... ( pbk . ) 1. Religions . 2. Cults . I. Title . II . Series . BL85.C49 2000 291'.046 - dc21 99-30475 CIP Typeset by Bookens Ltd , Royston , Hertfordshire Contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Methodological issues 2. The ' suicide.
... ( pbk . ) 1. Religions . 2. Cults . I. Title . II . Series . BL85.C49 2000 291'.046 - dc21 99-30475 CIP Typeset by Bookens Ltd , Royston , Hertfordshire Contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Methodological issues 2. The ' suicide.
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... cults ' vii ix 1 33 3. The old new religions 77 4. The ' New Christian ' movements 120 5. New religions in the Hindu ... cult movement 342 Appendix 1 : Statistical data Appendix 2 : Compendium Bibliography Index 366 370 377 391 To ...
... cults ' vii ix 1 33 3. The old new religions 77 4. The ' New Christian ' movements 120 5. New religions in the Hindu ... cult movement 342 Appendix 1 : Statistical data Appendix 2 : Compendium Bibliography Index 366 370 377 391 To ...
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... Cult ( 1966 ) , in which the author , as an observer , studied the early methods of proselytization of the Unification Church in its early years in the USA . The fact that Lofland nowhere disclosed the identity of the ' Doomsday Cult ...
... Cult ( 1966 ) , in which the author , as an observer , studied the early methods of proselytization of the Unification Church in its early years in the USA . The fact that Lofland nowhere disclosed the identity of the ' Doomsday Cult ...
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... cults ' , there is a singular lack of serious academic studies that have treated the ideas of a new religion as a topic worthy of study in its own right . There are a few exceptions , such as Kim Knott's My Sweet Lord ( 1986 ) and my ...
... cults ' , there is a singular lack of serious academic studies that have treated the ideas of a new religion as a topic worthy of study in its own right . There are a few exceptions , such as Kim Knott's My Sweet Lord ( 1986 ) and my ...
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... cult material helps to shed light on NRMs ' origins , beliefs and practices . This has been supplemented wherever possible with conversations with adherents , together with participant - observer fieldwork . Obviously there are some ...
... cult material helps to shed light on NRMs ' origins , beliefs and practices . This has been supplemented wherever possible with conversations with adherents , together with participant - observer fieldwork . Obviously there are some ...
Contents
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3 The old new religions | 77 |
4 The New Christian movements | 120 |
5 New religions in the Hindu tradition | 164 |
6 New forms of Buddhism | 204 |
7 Independent new religions | 244 |
8 The Human Potential Movement | 278 |
9 New Age witchcraft and Paganism | 315 |
10 The countercult movement | 342 |
Statistical data | 366 |
Compendium | 370 |
Bibliography | 377 |
Index | 392 |
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