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The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Religion
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1063

The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Religion

The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Religion draws on the expertise of an international team of scholars providing both an entry point into the sociological study and understanding of religion and an in-depth survey into its changing forms and content in the contemporary world. The role and impact of religion and spirituality on the politics, culture, education and health in the modern world is rigorously discussed and debated. The study of the sociology of religion forges interdisciplinary links to explore aspects of continuity and change in the contemporary interface between society and religion. Using a combination of theoretical, methodological and content-led approaches, the fifty-s...

New Religions in Global Perspective
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 416

New Religions in Global Perspective

This volume provides a complete guide to the global impact and cultural significance of new religious movements.

The World's Religions
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 808

The World's Religions

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2009-05-07
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  • Publisher: Routledge

This comprehensive volume focuses on the world's religions and the changes they have undergone as they become more global and diverse in form. It explores the religions of the world not only in the regions with which they have been historically associated, but also looks at the new cultural and religious contexts in which they are developing. It considers the role of migration in the spread of religions by examining the issues raised for modern societies by the increasing interaction of different religions. The volume also addresses such central questions as the dynamics of religious innovation which is evidenced in the rise and impact of new religious and new spirituality movements in every continent.

Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 921

Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2004-03-01
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  • Publisher: Routledge

New Religious Movements (NRMs) can involve vast numbers of followers and in many cases are radically changing the way people understand and practice religion and spirituality. Moreover, many are having a profound impact on the form and content of mainstream religion. The Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements provides uniquely global coverage of the phenomenon, with entries on over three-hundred movement from almost every country in the world. Coverage includes movements that derive from the major religions of the world and to neo-traditional movements, movements often overlooked in the study of NRMs. In addition to the coverage of particular movements there are also entries on topics, them...

New Religions in Global Perspective
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 416

New Religions in Global Perspective

This volume provides a complete guide to the global impact and cultural significance of new religious movements.

West Africa and Islam
  • Language: en

West Africa and Islam

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1982
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Japanese New Religions in Global Perspective
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 330

Japanese New Religions in Global Perspective

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-11-05
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Since the 1960s virtually every part of the world has seen the arrival and establishment of Japanese new religious movements, a process that has followed quickly on the heels of the most active period of Japanese economic expansion overseas. This book examines the nature and extent of this religious expansion outside Japan.

The New Evangelists
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 168

The New Evangelists

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1987
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The World's Religions
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 806

The World's Religions

This comprehensive volume focuses on the world's religions and the changes they have undergone as they become more global and diverse in form. It explores the religions of the world not only in the regions with which they have been historically associated, but also looks at the new cultural and religious contexts in which they are developing. It considers the role of migration in the spread of religions by examining the issues raised for modern societies by the increasing interaction of different religions. The volume also addresses such central questions as the dynamics of religious innovation which is evidenced in the rise and impact of new religious and new spirituality movements in every continent.

The Cambridge Companion to New Religious Movements
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 347

The Cambridge Companion to New Religious Movements

This volume addresses the key features of new religions, such as Scientology, the Moonies and Jihadist movements, from a systematic, comparative perspective.