The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements

The study of New Religious Movement (NRMs) is one of the fastest growing areas of religious studies. In this title, core chapters deal with such central issues as conversion, the brainwashing debate, millennialism, and modernisation. Another section deas with NRM subfields such as neopaganism, satanism, and UFO religions.

Autorentext
James R. Lewis is Associate Professor of Religion, University of Tromso, Norway.

Klappentext
The study of New Religious Movements (NRMs) is one of the fastest-growing areas of religious studies. This Handbook covers the current state of the field and breaks new ground. Its contributors are drawn equally from sociology and religious studies and include both established scholars and "rising stars" in the field. The core chapters deal with such central issues as conversion, the brainwashing debate, millennialism, and modernization. Another section deals with NRM subfields such as neopaganism, satanism, and UFO religions. The final section considers NRMs in global perspective.

Inhalt
INTRODUCTION; 1. An Introduction to New Religions; MODERNIZATION AND NEW RELIGIONS; 2. Alternative Spiritualities, New Religions and the Re-enchantment of the West; 3. The Socio-Cultural Significance of Modern New Religious Movements; 4. Science and Religion in the New Religions; 5. Virtually Religions: New Religious Movements and the World Wide Web; SOCIAL CONFLICT; 6. Violence adn New Religious Movements; 7. Legal Dimensions of New Religions; 8. The North American Anti-Cult Movement: Vicissitudes pf Success and Failure; 9. Something Peculiar About France: Anti-Cult Campaigns in Western Europe and French Religious Exceptionalism; 10. Satanism and Ritual Abuse; 11. Conversion and "Brainwashing" in New Religious Movements; 12. Leaving the Fold: Disaffiliation in New Religious Movements; SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS; 14. Millennialism; 15. Mythic Dimensions of New Religious Movements: Function, Reality Construction, and Process; 16. Women in New Religious Movements; 17. Children in New Religious Movements; NEO-PAGANS, UFOS, AND OTHER HETERODOXIES; 18. Waiting for the "Big Beam": UFO and "Ufological" Themes in NRMs; 19. Esotericism in New Religious Movements; 20. The Dynamics of Alternative Spirituality: Seekers, Networks and "New Age"; 21. New Religions in East Asia; 22. Witches, Wiccans and Neo-Pagans: A Reivew of Current Academic Treatments of Neo-Paganism

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