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Serie: Elements in new religious movements
GebondenEngels9781009630405
23-10-2025
The phenomenon of African Indigenous Spirituality (AIS) includes new groups whose program is restoring forms of pre-Christian and pre-Islamic spirituality. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781009537698
16-1-2025
This Element explores the Mormon denominations, like the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and various sects of Mormon fundamentalism. Mormonism emerged during the Second Great Awakening and has adapted to American culture, focusing on integration with the Protestant majority or highlighting sectarian distinctiveness. Meer
GebondenEngels9781009619059
13-2-2025
This Element explores the role of dress in New Religious Movements, highlighting its role in creating charismatic leaders and faithful followers. Case studies reveal how dress and fashion practices empower people to live and wear their faith, while the fashion industry incorporates cult stereotypes and normative understandings of good religion. Meer
GebondenEngels9781009619707
27-3-2025
This Element deconstructs mainstream views of Santa Muerte devotion by privileging the voices of devotees. Counterintuitively, Santa Muerte devotion is about assuring a good life in health, work, love, justice, and security. Meer
GebondenEngels9781009539265
22-1-2026
Although NRMs are characterized as diverse and unique, this Element analyzes the cultural logic underlying this apparent diversity from a sociological approach. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781009551809
13-6-2024
This Element introduces readers to the problem of anticultism and antireligious movements in France. It offers an overview of anticultism in France, discusses the case of American-born Church of Scientolog, and concludes with reflections on the future of new and minority religions in France. Meer
GebondenEngels9781009551854
13-6-2024
This Element introduces readers to the problem of anticultism and antireligious movements in France. It offers an overview of anticultism in France, discusses the case of American-born Church of Scientolog, and concludes with reflections on the future of new and minority religions in France. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781009278737
22-2-2024
This Element discusses issues that fieldwork involves based on the author's decades of experience in fieldwork, as well as studies by other scholars. These will be of interest both to field researchers and to those who read about the fieldwork of others. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781009304658
13-2-2025
This Element explores the role of dress in New Religious Movements, highlighting its role in creating charismatic leaders and faithful followers. Case studies reveal how dress and fashion practices empower people to live and wear their faith, while the fashion industry incorporates cult stereotypes and normative understandings of good religion. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781009375184
30-1-2025
Jehovah's Witnesses began as an informal Bible study group in the 1870s that sought to recover first-century Christian beliefs and practices. While briefly covering controversies, this Element focuses on the culture and experience of the millions who comprise the Witness community. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781009376402
21-9-2023
This Element explores expressions and the lives of shamanic materialities in contemporary Finland and Norway.Throughout its sections, the authors inquire into how shamanic materialities form shamanism and facilitate constantly formative exchanges and dynamics between the local and global, past and present, secular and spiritual, time and space. Meer
GebondenEngels9781009660839
11-12-2025
This Element analyses issues of abuse in new religious movements (NRMs). It argues that certain factors can be intensified in NRM contexts, not least propensities for separation from wider society, teachings on unique legitimacy and exclusivity, and charismatic authority. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781009660860
11-12-2025
This Element analyses issues of abuse in new religious movements (NRMs). It argues that certain factors can be intensified in NRM contexts, not least propensities for separation from wider society, teachings on unique legitimacy and exclusivity, and charismatic authority. Meer
GebondenEngels9781009616324
10-4-2025
This Element highlights how sacred space is newly made, often associated with blood, death, and geographic anomalies, yet no single feature determines sacred associations. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781009616317
10-4-2025
This Element highlights how sacred space is newly made, often associated with blood, death, and geographic anomalies, yet no single feature determines sacred associations. Meer
GebondenEngels9781009617239
11-12-2025
This Element examines the complex intersections between minority religions, legal protections, and restrictions and the role of courts in securing religious freedom. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781009617260
11-12-2025
This Element examines the complex intersections between minority religions, legal protections, and restrictions and the role of courts in securing religious freedom. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781009337755
27-2-2025
This Element explores the life, teaching, and legacy of philosopher and spiritual teacher Jiddu Krishnamurti. From an obscure childhood in south India, he was 'discovered' at age fourteen by the Theosophical Society as the vehicle for the prophesied World Teacher of this cosmic age. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781009329040
22-1-2026
Although NRMs are characterized as diverse and unique, this Element analyzes the cultural logic underlying this apparent diversity from a sociological approach. Meer
GebondenEngels9781009565127
12-12-2024
This Element examines several aspects of children growing up in new religions. It focuses on child upbringing, the function of children in the groups, and parental perspectives and styles. Meer