Cults and new religions a brief history
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Malden :
Blackwell
2007
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| Colección: | Blackwell brief histories of religion
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| Acceso en línea: | Sumario |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991002792799708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cults and new religions : a primer
- The range of new religious movements
- Controversy and the popular perception of new religious movements
- The Church of Scientology : the question of religion
- Ron Hubbard and the origins of Scientology
- Beliefs and practices of the church of scientology
- The organizational structure of the Church of Scientology
- The Church of Scientology and the question of religion
- Transcendental meditation : the questions of science and therapy
- Maharishi Mahesh yogi and the arrival of transcendental meditation
- Beliefs and practices of transcendental meditation
- The growth and development of transcendental meditation
- Transcendental meditation : the questions of science and therapy
- Ramtha and the new age : the question of the dangerous cult
- Who is JZ Knight and who is Ramtha?
- History and development of Ramtha's school of enlightenment
- Beliefs and practices of Ramtha's school of enlightenment
- Rise and the question of the dangerous cult
- The Unification Church/the family federation : the brainwashing/deprogramming controversy
- Sun Myung Moon : Savior from the East
- Doctrinal beliefs and ritual practices of the Unification Church
- The growth and organization of the Unification Church outside Korea
- Brainwashing, deprogramming, and the Unification Church
- The children of God/the Family international : the issue of sexuality
- Mo : David Berg and the origins of the Children of God
- Social organization of the Children of God/the Family
- Beliefs, rituals, and practices of the Children of God/the Family
- The Children of God/the Family and the issue of sexuality
- The Branch Davidians : the problem of mass media
- The historical development of the Branch Davidians
- Beliefs and practices of the Branch Davidians under David Koresh
- The siege at Waco and the problem of mass media
- Heavens Gate : the question of cults and violence
- Ti, do, and the origins of Heavens Gate
- Beliefs and practices of Heavens Gate
- Recruitment and social organization in Heavens Gate
- The evolutionary level above human : the continuum of new religious movements and violence
- Wicca and witchcraft : confronting cultural fears
- Gerald Gardner and the origins of modern witchcraft
- Social organization and development of modern witchcraft and wicca
- Beliefs, rituals, and practices of modern witchcraft and wicca
- Satanic panic : the legacy of religious cult fears
- Rethinking cults : the significance of new religious movements
- Perspectives : cults versus new religious movements
- New religions as experimental faiths.
