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A Historical Introduction to the Study of New Religious Movements (Paperback)
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A Historical Introduction to the Study of New Religious Movements (Paperback)
Series: Routledge New Religions
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The American public's perception of New Religious Movements (NRMs)
as fundamentally harmful cults stems from the "anticult" movement
of the 1970s, which gave a sometimes hysterical and often distorted
image of NRMs to the media. At the same time, academics pioneered a
new field, studying these same NRMs from sociological and
historical perspectives. They offered an interpretation that ran
counter to that of the anticult movement. For these scholars in the
new field of NRM studies, NRMs were legitimate religions deserving
of those freedoms granted to established religions. Those scholars
in NRM studies continued to evolve methods and theories to study
NRMs. This book tells their story. Each chapter begins with a
biography of a key person involved in studying NRMs. The narrative
unfolds chronologically, beginning with late nineteenth- and
early-twentieth century perceptions of religions alternative to the
mainstream. Then the focus shifts to those early efforts, in the
1960s and 1970s, to comprehend the growing phenomena of cults or
NRMs using the tools of academic disciplines. The book's midpoint
is a chapter that looks closely at the scholarship of the anticult
movement, and from there moves forward in time to the present,
highlighting themes in the study of NRMs like violence, gender, and
reflexive ethnography. No other book has used the scholars of NRMs
as the focus for a study in this way. The material in this volume
is, therefore, a fascinating viewpoint from which to explore the
origins of this vibrant academic community, as well as analyse the
practice of Religious Studies more generally.
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