Geoffrey Nelson

Cults, New Religions and Religious Creativity (Routledge Revivals)

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The twentieth century has been marked by an unprecedented outburst of religious activity on a world-wide scale, and in particular by a mushrooming of numerous religious movements. This work, first published in 1987, takes a fresh approach to the understanding of this phenomenon, an approach which takes into account new concepts of human nature and of religion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9780415614429
• ISBN-10: 0415614422
• Artikelnr.: 44828613

Autorenporträt

Geoffrey Nelson

Inhaltsangabe

1. The problem of new religious movements 2. Religion and sociology 3.
Parapyschology and the sociology of religion 4. Human nature 5. Church -
sect and cult 6. Cults and social movements 7. Religious creativity 8.
Charisma and organization 9. Membership - recruitment and retention 10. The
rise of new religious movements 11. The functions of new religious
movements 12. The social problem of new religions 13. World-wide creativity
14. Return to the source