In this second volume, James R. Lewis and Inga B. Tollefsen bring together established and rising scholars of New Religious Movements Studies for a collection that expands upon the topics covered in the first volume of The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements and incorporates new theoretical approaches.
James R. Lewis is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Tromso (Norway). He currently co-edits three book series and is the general editor for the Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review. Recent publications include: (with Henrik Bogdan) Sexuality and New Religious Movements (2014), (with Carole Cusack) Sacred Suicide (2014), (with Bengt-Ove Andressen) Textbook Gods (2014), Sects & Stats: Overturning the Conventional Wisdom about Cult Members (2014), (with Siv Ellen Kraft and Trude Fonneland) Nordic Neoshamanisms (2015), and (with Inga Bardsen Tollefsen) The Brill Handbook of Nordic New Religions (2015).; Inga Bardsen Tollefsen is a PhD student at the University of Tromso (Norway). Her main research interest is NRMs and gender, and her thesis work focuses on gender in the Mata Amritanandamayi Mission, as well as other Hindu-inspired global meditation movements. She has published several articles on the Art of Living Foundation, and she is a co-editor of several anthologies, such as Nordic New Religions (with James R. Lewis), and Female Leaders in New Religious Movements (with Christian Giudice).
List of Contributors; Introduction - James R. Lewis and Inga B. Tollefsen, Eds.; PART I - Social-Scientific Approaches; 1. Categorizing Religious Organizations: In Search of a Theoretically Meaningful Strategy - David G. Bromley; 2. Conversion - George D. Chryssides; 3. Charisma and Authority in New Religious Movements - Erin Prophet, Rice University,; 4. Disaffiliation and New Religious Movements - Sean Currie; 5. Seekers and Subcultures - James R. Lewis; 6. Quantitative Approaches to New Religions - Margrethe Loov; 7. Psychology and New Religious Movements - John A. Saliba; 8. As It Was in the Beginning: Developmental Moments in the Emergence of New Religions - David Bromley; PART II - Controversy ; 9. The North American Anti-Cult Movement - Anson Shupe; 10. The Christian Countercult Movement - Douglas E. Cowan; 11. Legal Dimensions of New Religions - James T. Richardson; 12. Brainwashing and Cultic Mind Control - James R. Lewis; 13. From Jonestown to 9/11 and Beyond: Mapping the Contours of Violence and New Religious Movements - Rebecca Moore; 14. Conspiracy Theories and New Religious Movements - Asbjorn Dyrendal; 15. Satanic Ritual Abuse - James R. Lewis; 16. Cult Journalism - Nicole S. Ruskell & James R. Lewis; PART III - Themes ; 17. Invention in 'New New' Religions - Carole M. Cusack; 18. Children in New Religions - Sanja Nilsson; 19. Media, Technology, and New Religious Movements: A Review of the Field - Shannon Schorey; 20. New Religions and Science - Jeremy Rapport; 21. Gender and New Religions - Inga Tollefsen; 22. Sex and New Religions - Megan Goodwin; 23. Occulture and Everyday Enchantment - Chris Partridge; PART IV - Religious Studies Approaches; 24. Rituals and Ritualization in New Religions - Mikael Rothstein; 25. The Mythic Dimensions of New Religious Movements: Function, Reality Construction, and Process - Diana Tumminia; 26. Religious Experiences in New Religious Movements - Olav Hammer; 27. New Religious Movements and Scripture - Eugene Gallagher; 28. Material Religion - Jessica Moberg; 29. Hagiography: A Note on the Narrative Exaltation of Sect Leaders and Heads of New Religions - Mikael Rothstein; 30. Millennialism: New Religious Movements and the Quest for a New Age - Jean-Francois Mayer; PART V - Subfields of Study; 31. What Does God need with a Starship? UFOs and Extraterrestrials in the Contemporary Religious Landscape - Erik Ostling; 32. Late Modern Shamanism in a Norwegian Context: Global Networks - Local Grounds - Trude Fonneland; 33. Modern Religious Satanism: A Negotiation of Tensions - Jesper Aagaard Petersen & Cimminnee Holt; 34. Western Esotericism and New Religious Movements - Henrik Bogdan; 35 The New Age - Liselotte Frisk, Ingvild Saelid Gilhus & Siv Ellen Kraft; 36. The Study of Paganism and Wicca: A Review Essay - Kaarina Aitamurto & Scott Simpson; 37. Native American Prophet Religions - James R. Lewis & Ellen Dobrowolski; Index
Show moreIn this second volume, James R. Lewis and Inga B. Tollefsen bring together established and rising scholars of New Religious Movements Studies for a collection that expands upon the topics covered in the first volume of The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements and incorporates new theoretical approaches.
James R. Lewis is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Tromso (Norway). He currently co-edits three book series and is the general editor for the Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review. Recent publications include: (with Henrik Bogdan) Sexuality and New Religious Movements (2014), (with Carole Cusack) Sacred Suicide (2014), (with Bengt-Ove Andressen) Textbook Gods (2014), Sects & Stats: Overturning the Conventional Wisdom about Cult Members (2014), (with Siv Ellen Kraft and Trude Fonneland) Nordic Neoshamanisms (2015), and (with Inga Bardsen Tollefsen) The Brill Handbook of Nordic New Religions (2015).; Inga Bardsen Tollefsen is a PhD student at the University of Tromso (Norway). Her main research interest is NRMs and gender, and her thesis work focuses on gender in the Mata Amritanandamayi Mission, as well as other Hindu-inspired global meditation movements. She has published several articles on the Art of Living Foundation, and she is a co-editor of several anthologies, such as Nordic New Religions (with James R. Lewis), and Female Leaders in New Religious Movements (with Christian Giudice).
List of Contributors; Introduction - James R. Lewis and Inga B. Tollefsen, Eds.; PART I - Social-Scientific Approaches; 1. Categorizing Religious Organizations: In Search of a Theoretically Meaningful Strategy - David G. Bromley; 2. Conversion - George D. Chryssides; 3. Charisma and Authority in New Religious Movements - Erin Prophet, Rice University,; 4. Disaffiliation and New Religious Movements - Sean Currie; 5. Seekers and Subcultures - James R. Lewis; 6. Quantitative Approaches to New Religions - Margrethe Loov; 7. Psychology and New Religious Movements - John A. Saliba; 8. As It Was in the Beginning: Developmental Moments in the Emergence of New Religions - David Bromley; PART II - Controversy ; 9. The North American Anti-Cult Movement - Anson Shupe; 10. The Christian Countercult Movement - Douglas E. Cowan; 11. Legal Dimensions of New Religions - James T. Richardson; 12. Brainwashing and Cultic Mind Control - James R. Lewis; 13. From Jonestown to 9/11 and Beyond: Mapping the Contours of Violence and New Religious Movements - Rebecca Moore; 14. Conspiracy Theories and New Religious Movements - Asbjorn Dyrendal; 15. Satanic Ritual Abuse - James R. Lewis; 16. Cult Journalism - Nicole S. Ruskell & James R. Lewis; PART III - Themes ; 17. Invention in 'New New' Religions - Carole M. Cusack; 18. Children in New Religions - Sanja Nilsson; 19. Media, Technology, and New Religious Movements: A Review of the Field - Shannon Schorey; 20. New Religions and Science - Jeremy Rapport; 21. Gender and New Religions - Inga Tollefsen; 22. Sex and New Religions - Megan Goodwin; 23. Occulture and Everyday Enchantment - Chris Partridge; PART IV - Religious Studies Approaches; 24. Rituals and Ritualization in New Religions - Mikael Rothstein; 25. The Mythic Dimensions of New Religious Movements: Function, Reality Construction, and Process - Diana Tumminia; 26. Religious Experiences in New Religious Movements - Olav Hammer; 27. New Religious Movements and Scripture - Eugene Gallagher; 28. Material Religion - Jessica Moberg; 29. Hagiography: A Note on the Narrative Exaltation of Sect Leaders and Heads of New Religions - Mikael Rothstein; 30. Millennialism: New Religious Movements and the Quest for a New Age - Jean-Francois Mayer; PART V - Subfields of Study; 31. What Does God need with a Starship? UFOs and Extraterrestrials in the Contemporary Religious Landscape - Erik Ostling; 32. Late Modern Shamanism in a Norwegian Context: Global Networks - Local Grounds - Trude Fonneland; 33. Modern Religious Satanism: A Negotiation of Tensions - Jesper Aagaard Petersen & Cimminnee Holt; 34. Western Esotericism and New Religious Movements - Henrik Bogdan; 35 The New Age - Liselotte Frisk, Ingvild Saelid Gilhus & Siv Ellen Kraft; 36. The Study of Paganism and Wicca: A Review Essay - Kaarina Aitamurto & Scott Simpson; 37. Native American Prophet Religions - James R. Lewis & Ellen Dobrowolski; Index
Show moreList of Contributors
Introduction - James R. Lewis and Inga B. Tollefsen, Eds.
PART I - Social-Scientific Approaches
1. Categorizing Religious Organizations: In Search of a
Theoretically Meaningful Strategy - David G. Bromley
2. Conversion - George D. Chryssides
3. Charisma and Authority in New Religious Movements - Erin
Prophet, Rice University,
4. Disaffiliation and New Religious Movements - Sean Currie
5. Seekers and Subcultures - James R. Lewis
6. Quantitative Approaches to New Religions - Margrethe Loov
7. Psychology and New Religious Movements - John A. Saliba
8. As It Was in the Beginning: Developmental Moments in the
Emergence of New Religions - David Bromley
PART II - Controversy
9. The North American Anti-Cult Movement - Anson Shupe
10. The Christian Countercult Movement - Douglas E. Cowan
11. Legal Dimensions of New Religions - James T. Richardson
12. Brainwashing and "Cultic Mind Control" - James R. Lewis
13. From Jonestown to 9/11 and Beyond: Mapping the Contours of
Violence and New Religious Movements - Rebecca Moore
14. Conspiracy Theories and New Religious Movements - Asbjorn
Dyrendal
15. Satanic Ritual Abuse - James R. Lewis
16. Cult Journalism - Nicole S. Ruskell & James R. Lewis
PART III - Themes
17. Invention in 'New New' Religions - Carole M. Cusack
18. Children in New Religions - Sanja Nilsson
19. Media, Technology, and New Religious Movements: A Review of the
Field - Shannon Schorey
20. New Religions and Science - Jeremy Rapport
21. Gender and New Religions - Inga Tollefsen
22. Sex and New Religions - Megan Goodwin
23. Occulture and Everyday Enchantment - Chris Partridge
PART IV - Religious Studies Approaches
24. Rituals and Ritualization in New Religions - Mikael
Rothstein
25. The Mythic Dimensions of New Religious Movements: Function,
Reality Construction, and Process - Diana Tumminia
26. Religious Experiences in New Religious Movements - Olav
Hammer
27. New Religious Movements and Scripture - Eugene Gallagher
28. Material Religion - Jessica Moberg
29. Hagiography: A Note on the Narrative Exaltation of Sect Leaders
and Heads of New Religions - Mikael Rothstein
30. Millennialism: New Religious Movements and the Quest for a New
Age - Jean-Francois Mayer
PART V - Subfields of Study
31. What Does God need with a Starship? UFOs and Extraterrestrials
in the Contemporary Religious Landscape - Erik Ostling
32. Late Modern Shamanism in a Norwegian Context: Global Networks -
Local Grounds - Trude Fonneland
33. Modern Religious Satanism: A Negotiation of Tensions - Jesper
Aagaard Petersen & Cimminnee Holt
34. Western Esotericism and New Religious Movements - Henrik
Bogdan
35 The New Age - Liselotte Frisk, Ingvild Saelid Gilhus & Siv Ellen
Kraft
36. The Study of Paganism and Wicca: A Review Essay - Kaarina
Aitamurto & Scott Simpson
37. Native American Prophet Religions - James R. Lewis & Ellen
Dobrowolski
Index
James R. Lewis is Professor of Religious Studies at the University
of Tromsø (Norway). He currently co-edits three book series and is
the general editor for the Alternative Spirituality and Religion
Review. Recent publications include: (with Henrik Bogdan) Sexuality
and New Religious Movements (2014), (with Carole Cusack) Sacred
Suicide (2014), (with Bengt-Ove Andressen) Textbook Gods (2014),
Sects &
Stats: Overturning the Conventional Wisdom about Cult Members
(2014), (with Siv Ellen Kraft and Trude Fonneland) Nordic
Neoshamanisms (2015), and (with Inga B. Tøllefsen) The Brill
Handbook of Nordic New Religions (2015).
Inga B. Tøllefsen is a Ph.D. student at the University of Tromsø
(Norway). Her main research interest is NRMs and gender, and her
thesis work focuses on gender in the the Amma movement, as well as
other Hindu-inspired global meditation movements. She has published
several articles on the Art of Living Foundation, and she is a
co-editor of several anthologies, such as Nordic New Religions
(with James R. Lewis), and Female Leaders in New Religious
Movements (with Christian Giudice).
"Enhanced by excellent notes, bibliography, and index [the
Handbook's] coverage is quite astonishing and why not, since the
rise of new religious movements as well as scholarly interest in
them is also quite astonishing."--Robert C. Ray, Nova Religio
"Enhanced by excellent notes, bibliography, and index, this
handbook is without equal...Essential."--CHOICE
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