Researching New Religious Movements: Responses and Redefinitions

ISBN-13: 9780415277549 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 464 str.

Elisabeth Arweck

Opis

Analysing American and European religious movements, this work explores the controversies between religious groups and the majority interests, which oppose them. It asks how modern societies can best respond to religious movements.

Spis treści

Foreword  Acknowledgements  1.  What This Book Is About  2. Milestones in a Reseach Itinerary  3. Institutions and Institutional Knowledge  Part 1: Institutions  Part 2: Institutional Knowledge  4. Sketching in the Cultural Background  Part 1: The Contours of Religious Cultures  Part 2: The Contours of Academic Cultures  5. The 'Anti-Cult' Movement's Response  Part 1: The ACM Response in Britain: The Case of FAIR  Part 2: The ACM Response in German: The Case of Elterminitiative  6. The Response of the Mainstream Churches  Part 1: The Response of the Church of England  Part 2: The Response of the Protestant Church in German  Section 1: Evangelische Zentrallstelle fur Weltanschauunsfragen (EZW)  Section 2: Pastror Friedrich-Wilhelm Haack and Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Religions - und Weltanschuunsfragen  Part 3: The Response of the Roman Catholic Church  7. Conclusions  Bibliography

O autorze

Elisabeth Arweck is Research Fellow at the University of Warwick's Religions and Education Research Unit. She co-edits the Journal of Contemporary Religion, and has co-edited several books including New Religious Movements in Western Europe (1997) and Theorizing Faith (2002).