The volume presents a selection of papers read at the CESNUR 1997 conference in Amsterdam. The articles are divided into four sections each with its own relevance to the study of new religions in contemporary society; esotericism, millennialism and eschatology, religious leaders, and, more broadly, social aspects of the new religions. The contributors work in the fields of sociology, sociology of religion, history of religion, anthropology and theology, thus reflecting the well established tradition for interdisciplinary efforts in the study of new religions.
The volume presents a selection of papers read at the CESNUR 1997 conference in Amsterdam. The articles are divided into four sections each with its o...
New globalised religions take two forms. Unlike new religions such as Transcendental Meditation, the Unification Church and The Family - which are just a few of the recent religions to form networks of essentially identical communities around the world - the New Age beliefs discussed in this volume have spread without the benefit of any organisation or unified culture, and their more diffuse nature resists easy categorisation.
While some of the chapters in this publication consider aspects of the general nature of New Age religion -- spiritual imperialism versus cultural diversity, the...
New globalised religions take two forms. Unlike new religions such as Transcendental Meditation, the Unification Church and The Family - which are jus...