
Controversial New Religions
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 2. December 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
496 pages
978-0-19-515683-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book complements Lewis's Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements. The former provides an overview of the state of the field. This volume collects papers on those specific New Religious Movements (NRMs) that have generated the most scholarly attention. With few exceptions, these organizations are also the controversial groups that have attracted the attention of the mass media, often because they have been involved in, or accused of, violent or anti-social activities. Among the movements to be profiled are such groups as the Branch Davidians, Heaven's Gate, Aum Shinrikyo, Solar Temple, Scientology, Falun Gong and many more. The book will function as a reference for scholars, as a text for courses in NRMs, and will also appeal to non-specialists including reporters, law enforcement, public policy makers, and others.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Students, scholars and general readers intersted in new religious movements
Illustrations
10 Fotos bzw. Rasterbilder
10 halftones
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
682 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-515683-6 (9780195156836)
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James R. Lewis | Jesper Aa. Petersen
Controversial New Religions
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Controversial New Religions
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Controversial New Religions
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Persons
James R. Lewis, Associate Lecturer in Religious Studies, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point and Jesper Aagaard Petersen, Teaching Assistant, Department of History of Religions, University of Copenhagen