New religions in a postmodern world / edited by Mikael Rothstein & Reender Kranenborg.

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Other Authors: Kranenborg, R., Rothstein, Mikael
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: Aarhus ; Oakville, Conn. : Aarhus University Press, 2003.
Series:RENNER studies on new religions ; v. 6.
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Table of Contents:
  • Lectorium Rosicrucianum: a Dutch movement becomes international / Massimo Introvigne
  • Swedenborg, Freemasonry, and Swedenborgian Freemasonry: an overview / Jan A.M. Snoek
  • How traditional are the Traditionalists? The case of the GuĂ©nonian Sufis / Mark Sedgwick
  • Tantric influences in Western esotericism / Albertina Nugteren
  • Millennial catastrophism in popular Baha'i lore / Margit Warburg & David Piff
  • Hindu eschatology within modern Western religiosity / Reender Kranenborg
  • Civilized shamans: sacred biography and founders of new religious movements / Robert Ellwood
  • Hagiography and text in The Aetherius Society: aspects of the social construction of a religious leader / Mikael Rothstein
  • South African New Age prophets: past and present / Christine Steyn
  • Making history: memory and forgetfulness in new religious movements / Judith Coney
  • Les tĂ©moignages de convertis et d'ex-adeptes / Jean Duhaime
  • New Age participants in Sweden: backgrounds, beliefs, engagement and "conversion" / Liselotte Frisk
  • Students in Ramtha's School of Enlightenment: a profile from a demographic survey, narrative and interview / Constance A. Jones.