New Religions As Global Cultures
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A01=Irving Hexham
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African Independent Churches
Author_Irving Hexham
Author_Karla Poewe
Category=JB
Category=JHB
church
comparative religion
Contemporary Religious Movements
cultural anthropology
Dave Hunt
Dispensation Movement
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folk belief systems
global new religious movements
Hare Krishna Movement
Helena Blavatsky
Isaiah Shembe
Karla Poewe
Local Folk Religions
Magnetic Fluid
myth creation processes
Mythological Fragment
Mythological Idioms
People's Temple
Personal Reorganization
Peter Caddy
Primal Experiences
religious syncretism
Reverend Sun Myung Moon
Soka Gakkai
Solar Temple
Sukyo Mahikari
Sun Myung Moon
Supernatural Assumptions
technological influence religion
Trance Channeler
unification
Unification Church
Van Baalen
Young Men
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- ISBN 9780813325088
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 04 Apr 1997
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Although the Great Anti-Cult Crusade links new religious movements to dangerous cults, brainwashing, and the need for deprogramming, Karla Poewe and Irving Hexham argue that many cults are the product of a dynamic interaction between folk religions and the teachings of traditional world religions. Drawing on examples from Africa, the United States, Asia, and Europe, they suggest that few new religions are really new. Most draw on rich, if localized, cultural traditions that are shaped anew by the influence of technological change and international linkages. With the widespread loss of belief in biblical mythology in the nineteenth century, new mythologies based on science and elements derived from various non-Western religious traditions emerged, leading to the growth and popularity of new religions and cults.
Irving Hexham is professor of religious studies and Karla Poewe is professor of anthropology, both at the University of Calgary. Irving Hexham is professor of religious studies and Karla Poewe is professor of anthropology, both at the University of Calgary.
