Revisionism and Diversification in New Religious Movements
Regular price
€65.99
14 days return policy
Shipping & Delivery
AFF
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Aum's Teaching
Aum’s Teaching
automatic-update
B01=Eileen Barker
belief revision
Branch Davidians
Can
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=HRQC
Category=QRYC
Chosen Vessel
church
comparative religion studies
COP=United Kingdom
cult dynamics
david
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
doctrinal change
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
hikari
hizb
Hizb Ut Tahrir
hongzhi
introvigne
ISKCON Member
ISKCON Temple
ISKCON's Founder
ISKCON’s Founder
koresh
Language_English
LDS Church
Li Hongzhi
Liberal Mormons
massimo
Mormon Scriptures
Mrs Moon
Muslim World
PA=Available
Price_€50 to €100
Prophetic Failure
PS=Active
Public Engagement
religious schism
RLDS
RLDS Church
Santo Daime
sectarian violence
softlaunch
Srila Prabhupada
theological adaptation in minority faiths
unification
ut-tahrir
Vice Versa
Western Esoteric
Young Men
Zhuan Falun
Product details
- ISBN 9781409462309
- Weight: 540g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 17 Dec 2013
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
New Religious Movements tend to start their lives with a number of unequivocal statements, not only of a theological nature but also about the world and appropriate behaviours for the believer. Yet these apparently inalienable Truths and their interpretations frequently become revised, ’adjusted’ or selectively adopted by different believers. This book explores different ways in which, as NRMs develop, stagnate, fade away, or abruptly cease to exist, certain orthodoxies and practices have, for one reason or another, been dropped or radically altered. Sometimes such changes are adapted by only a section of the movement, resulting in schism. Of particular concern are processes that might lead to violent and/or anti-social behaviour. As part of the Ashgate/Inform series, and in the spirit of the Inform Seminars, this book approaches its topic from a wide range of perspectives. Contributors include academics, current and former members of NRMs, and members of ’cult-watching’ movements. All the contributions are of a scholarly rather than a polemic nature, and brought together by Eileen Barker, the founder of Inform.
Eileen Barker, PhD, OBE, FBA, is Professor Emeritus of Sociology with Special Reference to the Study of Religion at the London School of Economics, University of London. Her main research interests are ’cults’, ’sects’ and new religious movements, and the social reactions to which they give rise. She has over 300 publications (translated into 27 different languages), which include the award-winning The Making of a Moonie: Brainwashing or Choice? and New Religious Movements: A Practical Introduction. In 1988, with the support of the British Government and mainstream Churches, she founded INFORM, a charity that provides information about minority religions that is as reliable as possible. She is a frequent advisor to governments, other official bodies and law-enforcement agencies throughout the world, has made numerous appearances on television and radio, and has been invited to give guest lectures in over 50 countries.
