Cults and New Religious Movements: a Reader

Name: Cults and New Religious Movements: a Reader
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ISBN: 9781405101813

ISBN-10: 1405101814

ISBN-13: 9781405101813

Edition: 2nd 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Lorne L. Dawson

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This broad-ranging, balanced and clearly organized collection of readings on cults includes section introductions which situate the nature, value and relevance of the selected readings in context of current discussions.

Book details

List price: $65.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/2/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.80" wide x 9.70" long x 0.92" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Book and the Subject



The Study of New Religious Movements



The Scientific Study of Religion? You Must Be Joking!




The Continuum Between "Cults" and "Normal" Religion




The Nature of New Religious Movements



Three Types of New Religious Movement




Cult Formation: Three Compatible Models




New Religious Movements in Historical and Social Context



False Prophets and Deluded Subjects: The Nineteenth Century




The New Spiritual Freedom




Joining New Religious Movements



Who Joins New Religious Movements and Why: Twenty Years of Research and What Have We Learned?




The Joiners




The "Brainwashing" Controversy



The Process of Brainwashing, Psychological Coercion, and Thought Reform




A Critique of "Brainwashing" Claims About New Religious Movements




Constructing Cultist "Mind Control"




Violence and New Religious Movements



The Apocalypse at Jonestown




"Our Terrestrial Journey is Coming to an End": The Last Voyage of the Solar Temple




Sex and Gender Issues and New Religious Movements



Women in New Religious Movements




Women's "Cocoon Work" in New Religious Movements: Sexual Experimentation and Feminine Rites of Passage




New Religious Movements and the Future



Why Religious Movements Succeed or Fail: A Revised General Model




New Religions and the Internet: Recruiting in a New Public Space



Index