Introduction, Michael Stausberg (University of Bergen, Norway)
1. Religious Demise: Definitional Issues and Conceptual Considerations, Stuart A. Wright (Lamar University, USA),Michael Stausberg (University of Bergen, Norway) and Carol M. Cusack (University of Sydney, Australia)
2. How Religions End: A Case Study of the Urapmin of Papua New Guinea, Joel Robbins (University of Cambridge, UK)
3. The Ends and Endings of Aum Shinrikyo, Erica Baffelli (University of Manchester, UK)
4. The Demise of Religion: The Case of Knutby Filadelfia in Sweden, Lisolette Frisk (Dalarna University, Sweden)
5. Religious Failure Deferred: The Panacea Society, Alistair Lockhart (Cambridge University, UK)
6. Denominationalization or Death? Comparing Processes of Change within the Jesus Fellowship Church and the Children of God aka The Family International, Eileen Barker (London School of Economics, University of London, UK)
7. How Online Counter-Narratives Catalyze Change: The Fall of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Jessica Johnson (College of William and Mary, USA)
8. The Creation and End of an Anti-Religious Religion, Michael Stausberg (University of Bergen, Norway)
9. State Actions Leading to Religious Demise, Stuart A. Wright (Lamar University, USA)
10. Collective Violence as Religious Demise, James Lewis (Wuhan University, China) and Carole M. Cusack (University of Sydney, Australia)
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