Oliver, Paul

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


9781441101976 1393

N08.7 / OL430