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Sects, Cults and New Religions (Hardcover)
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Sects, Cults and New Religions (Hardcover)
Series: Critical Concepts in Sociology
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New Religious Movements (NRMs) came into being as a distinct
subfield of academic study in the 1970s in response to the
explosion of non-traditional religions that took place in the
waning years of the Sixties counterculture. (The designation 'New
Religion' is a direct translation of a Japanese term coined for the
many new religions that emerged in the wake of the Second World
War, and was adopted by Western scholars in the late Sixties/early
Seventies in preference to the pejorative term 'cult'.) These
movements, and those termed 'sects' and 'cults', initially
attracted the attention of American and European sociologists of
religion because of the controversy that arose in response to their
expansion. Religious Studies, which at the time was still in the
process of establishing itself as a legitimate discipline distinct
from Theology and traditional Biblical Studies, was only too happy
to leave NRMs to Sociology. This situation gradually changed,
however, so that at present at least as many scholars of NRMs come
from Religious Studies backgrounds as come from the social
sciences. The collection consists of four volumes which together
provide a one-stop source for crucial information on-and
theoretical/methodological approaches to-contemporary New
Religions. The set brings together thinking on a wide variety of
themes associated with NRMs (e.g. apocalypticism, typologies,
conversion, gender) and major works on the NRMs that have attracted
the most scholarly attention (e.g. the 'Moonies', The Family
International, Osho Rajneesh). Some influential 'anti-cult'
articles (normally not considered part of mainstream scholarship)
have also been included as well. Sects, Cults, and New Religions is
fully indexed and includes a comprehensive introduction, newly
written by the editor, and is destined to be valued as a vital
research resource.
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