Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements

ISBN 10: 0415453836 / ISBN 13: 9780415453837

Published by Routledge, 2005

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New Religious Movements (NRMs) can involve vast numbers of followers and in many cases radically change the way people understand and practice religion and spirituality. This title provides global coverage of the phenomenon. It is suitable for students and researchers of the field in religious studies and the social sciences. Editor(s): Clarke, Peter B. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: GB; HR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 174 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1240. . 2008. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415453836
• ISBN 13: 9780415453837
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

New Religious Movements (NRMs) can involve vast numbers of followers and in many cases are radically changing the way people understand and practice religion and spirituality. Moreover, many are having a profound impact on the form and content of mainstream religion. The Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements provides uniquely global coverage of the phenomenon, with entries on over three hundred movements from almost every country in the world. Coverage includes movements that derive from the major religions of the world and to neo-traditional movements, movements often overlooked in the study of NRMs.

In addition to the coverage of particular movements there are also entries on topics, themes, key thinkers and key ideas, for example the New Age Movement, Neo-Paganism, New Religion and gender, NRMs and cyberspace, NRMs and the law, the Anti-Cult Movement, Swedenborg, Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, Lovelock, Gurdjieff, al-Banna, Qutb.

The marked global approach and comprehensiveness of the encyclopedia enable an appreciation of the innovative energy of NRMs, of their extraordinary diversity, and the often surprising ways in which they can propagate geographically. The most ambitions publication of its sort, the Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements is a major addition to the reference literature for students and researchers of the field in religious studies and the social sciences. Entries are cross-referenced with short bibliographies for further reading. There is a full index

About the Author

Peter Clark