Religions in Movement - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religions in Movement write by Robert Hefner. This book was released on 2013-10-23. Religions in Movement available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. There has long been a debate about implications of globalization for the survival of the world of sovereign nation-states, and the role of nationalism as both an agent of and a response to globalization. In contrast, until recently there has been much less debate about the fate of religion. ‘Globalization’ has been viewed as part of the rationalization process, which has already relegated religion to the dustbin of history, just as it threatens the nation, as the world moves toward a cosmopolitan ethics and politics. The chapters in this book, however, make the case for the salience and resilience of religion, often in conjunction with nationalism, in the contemporary world in several ways. This book highlights the diverse ways in which religions first and foremost make use of the traditional power and communication channels available to them, like strategies of conversion, the preservation of traditional value systems, and the intertwining of religious and political power. Nevertheless, challenged by a more culturally and religiously diversified societies and by the growth of new religious sects, contemporary religions are also forced to let go of these well known strategies of preservation and formulate new ways of establishing their position in local contexts. This collection of essays by established and emerging scholars brings together theory-driven and empirically-based research and case-studies about the global and bottom-up strategies of religions and religious traditions in Europe and beyond to rethink their positions in their local communities and in the world.
A Guide to New Religious Movements
A Guide to New Religious Movements - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Guide to New Religious Movements write by Ronald M. Enroth. This book was released on 2005-05-26. A Guide to New Religious Movements available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sociologist Ronald Enroth and a team of expert contributors provide an accessible handle on the key religious movements of our day, from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Jehovah's Witnesses to contemporary versions of Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam.
Encyclopedia of New Religions
Encyclopedia of New Religions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Encyclopedia of New Religions write by Christopher Hugh Partridge. This book was released on 2004. Encyclopedia of New Religions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A comprehensive and authoritative guide to over 200 new religions, sects and alternative spiritualities
Understanding New Religious Movements
Understanding New Religious Movements - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Understanding New Religious Movements write by John A. Saliba. This book was released on 2004-09-08. Understanding New Religious Movements available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Discussions of any religion can easily raise passions. But arguments tend to become even more heated when the religion under discussion is characterized as new. Divisions around the study of new religious movements (NRMs), or cults, or nontraditional or alternative or emergent religions are so acute that there is even controversy over what to call them. John Saliba strives to bring balance to these discussions by offering perspectives on new religions from different academic perspectives: history, psychology, sociology, law, theology, and counseling. This approach provides rich descriptions of a broad range of movements while demonstrating how the differing aims of the disciplines can create much of the controversy around NRMs. The new second edition has been updated and revised throughout and includes a new foreword by noted historian of religion, J. Gordon Melton. For classes in religion or the social sciences, or for interested individuals, Understanding New Religious Movements offers the most objective introduction possible.
The Cambridge Companion to New Religious Movements
The Cambridge Companion to New Religious Movements - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cambridge Companion to New Religious Movements write by Olav Hammer. This book was released on 2012-08-30. The Cambridge Companion to New Religious Movements available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume addresses the key features of new religions, such as Scientology, the Moonies and Jihadist movements, from a systematic, comparative perspective.
