Historical Introduction to the Study of New Religious Movements

Informationen zum Autor W. Michael Ashcraft is Professor of Religion in the Philosophy and Religion Department at Truman State University, USA. He has published a monograph entitled The Dawn of the New Cycle (2002) and serves as an Editorial Consultant for Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. He has also been part of the New Religious Movements Group of the American Academy of Religion for many years, spending six of those years as the chair. Klappentext This book tells the story of the scholars who pioneered and developed the field of New Religious Movement (NRM) studies. Zusammenfassung This book tells the story of the scholars who pioneered and developed the field of New Religious Movement (NRM) studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Introduction 2 Early Scholarship 3 NRM Studies: From 1965 to 1979 4 Bringing People Together 5 Cultic Studies 6 NRM Studies in the 1980s and early 1990s: Responding to Cultic Studies 7 Violence and NRM Studies 8 Gender: Past and Present 9 Fieldwork and NRM Studies 10 Conclusion: The Present and Future in NRM Studies

Product details

• Authors: W. Michael Ashcraft, W. Michael (Truman State University Ashcraft
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367887148
• ISBN: 978-0-367-88714-8
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Routledge New Religions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, RELIGION / Cults, RELIGION / Paganism & Neo-Paganism, REFERENCE / Research, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, History of Religion, Eclectic & Esoteric Religions & Belief Systems, Eclectic and esoteric religions and belief systems