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Understanding New Religious Movements
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2004
Summary
Discussions of any religion can easily raise passions. But arguments tend to become even more heated when the religion under discussion is characterized as new. Divisions around the study of new religious movements (NRMs), or cults, or nontraditional or alternative or emergent religions are so acute that there is even controversy over what to call them. John Saliba strives to bring balance to these discussions by offering perspectives on new religions from different academic perspectives: history, psychology, sociology, law, theology, and counseling. This approach provides rich descriptions of a broad range of movements while demonstrating how the differing aims of the disciplines can create much of the controversy around NRMs. The new second edition has been updated and revised throughout and includes a new foreword by noted historian of religion, J. Gordon Melton. For classes in religion or the social sciences, or for interested individuals, Understanding New Religious Movements offers the most objective introduction possible.
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Copyright year
2004
ISBN-Print
978-0-7591-0356-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-585-48310-8
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
293
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Preface No access
Introduction: New Religious Movements No access
Chapter One: The New Religious Movements in Contemporary Western Culture: An Overview No access Pages 1 - 44
Chapter Two: The History of New Religious Movements in the West No access Pages 45 - 74
Chapter Three: The New Religious Movements in Psychological Perspective No access Pages 75 - 126
Chapter Four: The New Religious Movements in Sociological Perspective No access Pages 127 - 164
Chapter Five: The New Religious Movements in the Law Courts No access Pages 165 - 202
Chapter Six: The New Religious Movements in Christian Theological Perspective No access Pages 203 - 240
Chapter Seven: Counseling and the New Religious Movements No access Pages 241 - 280
