New Religious Movements A Guide for the Perplexed
- London Bloomsbury 2012
- 183p
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