Thomas Robbins

Dick Anthony

New Patterns of Religious Pluralism in America

In Gods We Trust

Susan J. Palmer

Affiliate Professor in the Religion Department Susan J Palmer

These 16 contributions advance the notion that a wave of apocalyptic and millennial ferment has been washing over American society and culture for several decades. The authors discuss this ferment in terms of its contemporary secular forms, its manifestation in American institutionalized religion, and its connection to violence and confrontation in such groups as the Branch Davidians and the Order of the Solar Temple. Although the focus is on North America, several contributors address developments overseas. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contemporary Apocalyptic Movements

Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem

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William C. Shepherd

Perspectives on New Religious Movements

Cults, Culture, and the Law

Diary of Thomas Robbins, D. D., 1796-1854

Phillip Charles Lucas

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Legal, Political, and Social Challenges in Global Perspective

New Religious Movements in the Twenty-first Century

Encounters between agents of the state and religious organizations have been increasing throughout the world, thus the need to understand the relationships between religion and other major domains of life is increasingly important. In this comprehensive reader on church-state relations, scholars examine the connections between religion and political life from a comparative perspective.

Tensions and Transitions

Church-state Relations

Diary, 1796-1854: 1796-1825

Diary, 1796-1854: 1826-1854

Diary of Thomas Robbins

In Four Parts ... : Including an Abridgment of "The Idolatry of the Hindoos, Their History, Literature, Religion, Manners and Customs, &c. by William Ward, D.D. of Serampore" : with the Religion and Ceremonies of Other Pagan Nations

A View of All Religions and the Religious Ceremonies of All Nations at the Present Day

Benjamin David Zablocki

Misunderstanding Cults provides a uniquely balanced contribution to what has become a highly polarized area of study. Working towards a moderate "third path" in the heated debate over new religious movements or cults, this collection includes contributions from both scholars who have been characterized as "anticult" and those characterized as "cult-apologists." The study incorporates multiple viewpoints as well as a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives, with the stated goal of depolarizing the discussion over alternative religious movements. A prominent section within the book focuses explicitly on the issue of scholarly objectivity and the danger of partisanship in the study of cults. The collection also includes contributions on the controversial and much misunderstood topic of brainwashing, as well as discussions of cult violence, children brought up in unconventional religious movements, and the conflicts between alternative religious movements and their critics. Unique in its breadth, this is the first study of new religious movements to address the main points of controversy within the field while attempting to find a middle ground between opposing camps of scholarship.

Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field

Misunderstanding Cults

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

New Religious Movements in the 21st Century is the first volume to examine the urgent and important issues facing new religions in their political, legal and religious contexts in global perspective. With essays from prominent NRM scholars and usefully organized into four regional areas covering Western Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, Russia and Eastern Europe, and North and South America, as well as a concluding section on the major themes of globalization and terrorist violence, this book provides invaluable insight into the challenges facing religion in the twenty-first century. An introduction by Tom Robbins provides an overview of the major issues and themes discussed in the book.

New Religious Movements in the Twenty-First Century

In gods we trust

Much has changed since publication of the first edition of this established text in the sociology of religion. Revised and expanded, this edition emphasizes new patterns of religious change and conflict emerging in the United States in the latter part of the twentieth century. Leading scholars describe and analyze developments in five main areas: The fundamentalist and evangelical revival; challenge and renewal in mainline churches; spiritual innovation and the so-called New Age; women's movements and issues and their impact; and politics and civil religion. Chapters include an examination of religious movements' responses to AIDS; Christian schools; quasi-religions; healing rites and goddess worship; recruitment of women to charismatic and Hassidic groups,; televangelists and the Christian Right; racist rural populism; contemporary Mormonism and its growth; cults and brainwashing; Jonestown; dissidence in the Catholic church; and trance-channeling, among other topics. A new introductory chapter by the editors establishes an integrating framework in terms of three themes: increasing conflict and controversy associated with American religion; increasing focus on various forms of power in American religion; and challenges to models of secularization and modernization inherent in religious revival, innovation, and politicization. A concluding chapter by the editors looks at new trends and assesses their possible impact in coming years. Like its predecessor, this outstanding collection is a significant contribution to the literature as well as a valuable resource for the classroom.

And the Religious Ceremonies of All Nations at the Present Day

A View of All Religions

Thomas Robbins

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