A Historical Introduction to the Study of New Religious Movements

ISBN-13: 9780367887148 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 252 str.

W. Michael Ashcraft

Opis

This book tells the story of the scholars who pioneered and developed the field of New Religious Movement (NRM) studies. 

Recenzje

"It is an absolute must-read for any graduate student preparing for a field exam in NRMs, or sociology of religion more generally, as well as for anyone preparing to teach a course on NRMs. Individual chapters could be productively assigned in an undergraduate classroom."

- Elijah Siegler, College of Charleston

"this book is fun, and even a bit nostalgic, for those of us who came of age academically during the 1980s and 1990s [...] Ashcraft’s book will also give solid historical grounding to the generations of scholars studying new religions in the future."

- Jon R. Stone, California State University–Long Beach

"This charming and well-crafted historical account is wholeheartedly recommended to everyone in the field."

- Lukas Pokorny, University of Vienna, Religious Studies Review

Spis treści

1 Introduction  2 Early Scholarship  3 NRM Studies: From 1965 to 1979  4 Bringing People Together  5 Cultic Studies  6 NRM Studies in the 1980s and early 1990s: Responding to Cultic Studies  7 Violence and NRM Studies  8 Gender: Past and Present  9 Fieldwork and NRM Studies  10 Conclusion: The Present and Future in NRM Studies

O autorze

W. Michael Ashcraft is Professor of Religion in the Philosophy and Religion Department at Truman State University, USA. He has published a monograph entitled The Dawn of the New Cycle (2002) and serves as an Editorial Consultant for Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. He has also been part of the New Religious Movements Group of the American Academy of Religion for many years, spending six of those years as the chair.