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The Oxford handbook of new religious movements. Volume II / edited by James R. Lewis and Inga Tøllefsen.

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The study of new religious movements (NRMs) is one of the fastest-growing areas of religious studies. This handbook covers the current state of the field, with contributions drawn equally from scholars of sociology and religious studies.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Oxford Handbooks Online)
Other Authors: Lewis, James R. (Editor), Tøllefsen, Inga B. (Editor)
Other title:Handbook of new religious movements.
New religious movements.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Series:Oxford handbooks online.
Subjects:
Cults > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Categorizing Religious Organizations / David G. Bromley
  • Conversion / George D. Chryssides
  • Charisma and Authority in New Religious Movements / Erin Prophet
  • Disaffiliation and New Religious Movements / Sean Currie
  • Seekers and Subcultures / James R. Lewis
  • Quantitative Approaches to New Religions / Margrethe Løøv
  • Psychology and New Religious Movements / John A. Saliba
  • As It Was in the Beginning / David G. Bromley
  • The North American Anticult Movement / Anson Shupe
  • The Christian Countercult Movement / Douglas E. Cowan
  • Legal Dimensions of New Religions / James T. Richardson
  • Brainwashing and 'Cultic Mind Control' / James R. Lewis
  • From Jonestown to 9/11 and Beyond / Rebecca Moore
  • Conspiracy Theories and New Religious Movements / Asbjørn Dyrendal
  • Satanic Ritual Abuse / James R. Lewis
  • Cult Journalism / Nicoles S. Ruskell, James R. Lewis
  • Invention in 'New New' Religions / Carole M. Cusack
  • Children in New Religions / Sanja Nilsson
  • Media, Technology, and New Religious Movements / Shannon Trosper Schorey
  • New Religions and Science / Jeremy Rapport
  • Gender and New Religions / Inga Tøllefsen
  • Sex and New Religions / Megan Goodwin
  • Occulture and Everyday Enchantment / Christopher Partridge
  • Rituals and Ritualization in New Religions Movements / Mikael Rothstein
  • The Mythic Dimensions of New Religious Movements / Diana G. Tumminia
  • Religious Experiences in New Religious Movements / Olav Hammer
  • New Religious Movements and Scripture / Eugene V. Gallagher
  • Material Religion / Jessica Moberg
  • Hagiography / Mikael Rothstein
  • Millennialism / Jean-François Mayer
  • What Does God Need with a Starship? / Erik A. W. Östling
  • Late Modern Shamanism in a Norwegian Context / Trude Fonneland
  • Modern Religious Satanism / Jesper Aagaard Petersen
  • Western Esotericism and New Religious Movements / Henrik Bogdan
  • The New Age / Liselotte Frisk, Ingvild Sælid Gilhus, Siv Ellen Kraft
  • The Study of Paganism and Wicca / Kaarina Aitamurto, Scott Simpson
  • Native American Prophet Religions / James R. Lewis, Ellen Dobrowolski.

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