Controversial New Religions
Lewis, James R. (Editor),
Associate Lecturer in Religious Studies,
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard (Editor),
Teaching Assistant, Department of History of Religions,
University of Copenhagen
Print publication date: 2004
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2006 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-515682-9 doi:10.1093/019515682X.001.0001 |
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Abstract:
This book features a collection of essays that discuss in detail the new religious groups that emerged during the 20th century. The essays provide an overview of each religion, their historical development, leaders, doctrines, and activities. The groups covered are: the Family Unification Church, People’s Temple, Branch Davidians, ISKCON (Hare Krishnas), Osho Rajneesh, Soka Gakkai, Aum Shunrikyo, Falun Gong, Aumism, Scientology, Theosophy, Order of the Solar Temple Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness, Heaven’s Gate, Raëlians, White racist religions, and Satanism. The book is divided into four parts. Part I discusses groups in the Christian tradition. Part II focuses on Asian and Asian-inspired groups. Part III examines esoteric and New Age groups. Part IV looks at other group movements.
Keywords: religious groups, religion, Christian, Asian, New Age, esoteric Table of Contents
Introduction
1.
A Family for the Twenty-first Century
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Spirit Revelation and the Unification Church
3.
Reconstructing Reality
4.
Explaining Militarization at Waco
5.
Family Development and Change in the Hare Krishna Movement
6.
When Leaders Dissolve
7.
Soka Gakkai: Searching for the Mainstream
8.
Aum Shinrikyo and the Aum Incident
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The Falun Gong
10.
Notes on the Aumist Religion
11.
Inventing L. Ron Hubbard
12.
The Theosophical Society
13.
The Solar Temple “Transits”: Beyond the Millennialist Hypothesis
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From Atlantis to America
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Heart and Soul
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“Come On Up, and I Will Show Thee”
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The Raëlian Movement
18.
White Racist Religions in the United States
19.
Modern Satanism
Index
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