Controversial New ReligionsJames R. Lewis, Jesper Aagaard Petersen Oxford University Press, 2005 - 483 páginas This book complements Lewis's O xford 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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Introduction | 3 |
GROUPS IN THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION | 17 |
A Family for the Twentyfirst Century | 19 |
Spirit Revelation and the Unification Church | 43 |
Reconstructing Reality Conspiracy Theories about Jonestown | 61 |
Explaining Militarization at Waco The Construction and Convergence of the Warfare Narrative | 79 |
ASIAN AND ASIANINSPIRED GROUPS | 99 |
Family Development and Change in the Hare Krishna Movement | 101 |
ESOTERIC AND NEW AGE GROUPS | 225 |
Inventing L Ron Hubbard On the Construction and Maintenance of the Hagiographic Mythology of Scientologys Founder | 227 |
The Theosophical Society | 259 |
The Solar Temple Transits Beyond the Millennialist Hypothesis | 295 |
From Atlantis to America JZ Knight Encounters Ramtha | 319 |
Heart and Soul A Qualitative Look at the Ethos of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness | 331 |
OTHER GROUPS AND MOVEMENTS | 351 |
Come On Up and I Will Show Thee Heavens Gate as a Postmodern Group | 353 |
When Leaders Dissolve Considering Controversy and Stagnation in the Osho Rajneesh Movement | 119 |
Soka Gakkai Searching for the Mainstream | 139 |
Aum Shinrikyo and the Aum Incident A Critical Introduction | 153 |
The Falun Gong A New Religious Movement in PostMao China | 195 |
Notes on the Aumist Religion | 215 |
The Raelian Movement Concocting Controversy Seeking Social Legitimacy | 371 |
White Racist Religions in the United States From Christian Identity to Wolf Age Pagans | 387 |
Modern Satanism Dark Doctrines and Black Flames | 419 |
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