Visioning New and Minority 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 Visioning New and Minority Religions write by Eugene V. Gallagher. This book was released on 2016-11-25. Visioning New and Minority Religions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Rather than being ephemeral fads, new religious movements (NRMs) have always been and will always be with us. So will their study. Offering an assessment of the state-of-the-field of the study of NRMs, Visioning New and Minority Religions begins by considering the analytical tools for the study of new or minority religions, drawing on the perspectives of diverse academic disciplines. The second part focuses on individual groups in a variety of geographical settings. Chapters in this section review the histories of particular groups in order to extrapolate future developments. They cover new religions that have persisted well past the first generation, such as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Christian Scientists, and groups with comparatively shorter histories, such as various forms of contemporary Paganism, Soka Gakkai, and the Diamond Way Buddhist group. This volume will be of interest to scholars from across religious studies and sociology, as well as members of new and minority religious groups and those in "cult watching" groups.
Visioning New and Minority Religions Projecting the Future
Visioning New and Minority Religions Projecting the Future - 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 Visioning New and Minority Religions Projecting the Future write by Eugene V. Gallagher. This book was released on 2015-10-28. Visioning New and Minority Religions Projecting the Future available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Minority Religions and Uncertainty
Minority Religions and Uncertainty - 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 Minority Religions and Uncertainty write by Matthew Francis. This book was released on 2020-05-04. Minority Religions and Uncertainty available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Religions are at their core about creating certainty. But what happens when groups lose control of their destiny? Whether it leads to violence, or to nonviolent innovations, as found in minority religions following the death of their founders or leaders, uncertainty and insecurity can lead to great change in the mission and even teachings of religious groups. This book brings together an international range of contributors to explore the uncertainty faced by new and minority religious movements as well as non-religious fringe groups. The groups considered in the book span a range of religious traditions (Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam), old and new spiritual formations such as esotericism, New Age and organized new religious movements, as well as non-religious movements including the straight edge movement and the British Union of Fascists. The chapters deal with a variety of contexts, from the UK and US, to Japan and Egypt, with others discussing global movements. While all the authors deal with twentieth- and twenty-first-century movements and issues, several focus explicitly on historical cases or change over time. This wide-ranging, yet cohesive volume will be of great interest to scholars of minority religious movements and non-religious fringe groups working across religious studies, sociology and social psychology.
Minority Religions in Europe and the Middle East
Minority Religions in Europe and the Middle East - 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 Minority Religions in Europe and the Middle East write by George D. Chryssides. This book was released on 2018-08-06. Minority Religions in Europe and the Middle East available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Minority religions, not only New Religious Movements, are explored in this innovative book including the predicament of ancient religions such as Zoroastrianism, ‘old new’ religions such as Baha’i, and traditional religions that are minorities elsewhere. The book is divided into two parts: the gathering of data on religious minorities ("mapping"), and the ways in which governments and interest groups respond to them ("monitoring"). The international group examine which new religions exist in particular countries, what their uptake is, and how allegiance can be ascertained. They explore a range of issues faced by minority religions, encompassing official state recognition and registration, unequal treatment in comparison with a dominant religion, how changes in government can affect how they fare, the extent to which members are free to practise their faith, how they sometimes seek to influence politics, and how they can be affected by harassment and persecution. Bringing together debates concerning the social and political issues facing new religions in Europe and the Middle East, this collection extends its focus to Middle Eastern minority faiths, enabling exposition of spiritual movements such as the Gülen Movement, Paganism in Israel, and the Zoroastrians in Tehran.
'Cult Wars' in Historical Perspective
'Cult Wars' in Historical Perspective - 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 'Cult Wars' in Historical Perspective write by Eugene V. Gallagher. This book was released on 2016-07-01. 'Cult Wars' in Historical Perspective available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'Cult Wars' in Historical Perspective provides a broad characterization of the shifting religious contours over the past several decades. Offering an assessment of several important topics in the study of new religions, this book explores developments in well-known groups such as the Unification movement, The Family International (Children of God), the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), and the Church of Scientology. Bringing together both insiders and outsiders from various academic disciplines and personal perspectives, this book takes account of the ways in which the cult question is defined and addressed in different countries. It offers a vivid depiction of how the cult wars or cult controversies of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries first took shape; the transformation of deeply entrenched positions on cults and sects as at least some members of new groups, cult watchers, and academics entered into serious and sustained conversations about topics of mutual concern; the shifting foci and concerns of the general public, law enforcement and the courts, and academics in various countries; and the complex histories of individual groups in which many dramatic transformations have occurred despite their comparatively short life spans.
