Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements

Peter Clarke9780415267076, 9780415453837, 0415267072, 0415453836, 0203484339, 9780203484333, 9780203598979

New Religious Movements (NRMs) can involve vast numbers of followers and in many cases are radically changing the way people understand and practice religion and spirituality. Moreover, many are having a profound impact on the form and content of mainstream religion. The Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements provides uniquely global coverage of the phenomenon, with entries on over three-hundred movement from almost every country in the world. Coverage includes movements that derive from the major religions of the world and to neo-traditional movements, movements often overlooked in the study of NRMs.

In addition to the coverage of particular movements there are also entries on topics, themes, key thinkers and key ideas, for example the New Age Movement, Neo-Paganism, New Religion and gender, NRMs and cyberspace, NRMs and the law, the Anti-Cult Movement, Swedenborg, Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, Lovelock, Gurdjieff, al-Banna, Qutb.

The marked global approach and comprehensiveness of the encyclopedia enable an appreciation of the innovative energy of NRMs, of their extraordinary diversity, and the often surprising ways in which they can propagate geographically. The most ambitions publication of its sort, the Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements is a major addition to the reference literature for students and researchers of the field in religious studies and the social sciences. Entries are cross-referenced with short bibliographies for further reading. There is a full index.

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Table of contents :
Book Cover……Page 1
Half-Title……Page 2
Title……Page 4
Copyright……Page 5
Contents……Page 6
Introduction……Page 7
How to Use this Encyclopedia……Page 18
Consultant Editors……Page 20
List of Contributors……Page 21
List of Entries……Page 26
A……Page 46
B……Page 100
C……Page 134
D……Page 196
E……Page 215
F……Page 246
G……Page 268
H……Page 299
I……Page 335
J……Page 358
K……Page 367
L……Page 381
M……Page 424
N……Page 470
O……Page 511
P……Page 526
Q……Page 550
R……Page 552
S……Page 588
T……Page 658
U……Page 693
V……Page 710
W……Page 727
Y……Page 744
Z……Page 753
INDEX……Page 764