New Religious Movements A Guide for the Perplexed
Material type: TextPublication details: London Bloomsbury 2012Description: 183pISBN:- 9781441101976
- N08.7 OL430
includes index and biblioraphy
PART I: PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES AND NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS
1 Conceptual Analysis and New Religious Movements 3
2 Application of Concepts to New Religious Movements 20
PART II: A SURVEY OF NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS
3 Movements Related to Hinduism 39
4 Movements Related to Christianity 59
5 Movements Related to Buddhism 77
6 Syncretistic Movements 90
7 A Synthesis of the Main Themes 111
PART III: SOCIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL THEMES IN NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS
8 Psychological Themes in New Religious Movements 127
9 Gender and Diversity 138
10 Power and Authority 150
11 Postmodernism and the Development of New Religious Movements 160
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