Controversial new religions
In terms of public opinion, new religious movements are considered controversial for a variety of reasons. Their social organisation often runs counter to popular expectations by experimenting with communal living, alternative leadership roles, unusual economic dispositions, and new political and et...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2015
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| Dans: | Année: 2015 |
| Édition: | Second edition. |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Nouvelles religions
/ Spiritualité
/ Controverse
B Monde occidental / Nouvelles religions / Ésotérisme / Occultisme / Syncrétisme / Pluralisme religieux |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
New Age movement
B Syncretism (Religion) B Recueil d'articles B Cults |
| Accès en ligne: |
Table des matières Quatrième de couverture Volltext (Verlag) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | In terms of public opinion, new religious movements are considered controversial for a variety of reasons. Their social organisation often runs counter to popular expectations by experimenting with communal living, alternative leadership roles, unusual economic dispositions, and new political and ethical values. As a result the general public views new religions with a mixture of curiosity, amusement, and anxiety, sustained by lavish media emphasis on oddness and tragedy rather than familiarity and lived experience. This book looks at those groups that have generated the most attention. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 0190258241 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199315314.001.0001 |