Radical Transformations in Minority Religions

This volume examines radical transformations undergone by a variety of minority religions, including the Children of God/ Family International; Gnosticism; Jediism; various manifestations of Paganism; LGBT Muslim groups; the Plymouth Brethren; Santa Muerte; and Satanism.

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主要作者: Singler, Beth (Author)
其他作者: Barker, Eileen (Contributor)
格式: 電子 圖書
語言:English
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出版: Milton Taylor & Francis Group 2018
In:Year: 2018
叢編:Routledge Inform Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements Ser.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 新宗教 / 教派 / 反文化 / 革新
Further subjects:B Sects
B Aufsatzsammlung
B Electronic books
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總結:This volume examines radical transformations undergone by a variety of minority religions, including the Children of God/ Family International; Gnosticism; Jediism; various manifestations of Paganism; LGBT Muslim groups; the Plymouth Brethren; Santa Muerte; and Satanism.
Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Contributors -- 1. Radical transformations in minority religions: reflections -- Interactions with society leading to radical change -- Technology and institutions -- Seeking legitimacy in the face of outside forces -- The role of new revelations in radical change -- Change and the academic -- Bibliography -- Part I: Internal forces leading to radical changes -- 2. What did they do about it? A sociological perspective on reactions to child sexual abuse in three new religions -- Setting the scene -- What did they do about it? -- ISKCON -- The Children of God -- The Jesus Fellowship -- Where are they now? -- Contextualising 'the triumph of evil' -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 3. Children of Heimdall: Ásatrú ideas of ancestry -- Descendants of saga heroes: the Ásatrúarfélagið -- Race as religion: the Ásatrú Folk Assembly -- Spiritual kin: the Troth -- 'All the tribes': continuing revision -- Note -- Bibliography -- 4. Varieties of enlightenment: revisions in the Enlighten Next movement around Andrew Cohen -- Enlightenment -- Andrew Cohen -- Stage one: personal enlightenment -- Sangha as a joyous community of finders -- Stage two: from personal to impersonal enlightenment -- Sangha as proving ground and showcase of enlightened living -- Stage three: evolutionary enlightenment -- Conclusion -- Postscript -- Bibliography -- 5. "Not all Druids wear robes": countercultural experiences of youth and the revision of ritual in British Druidry -- Context: the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids and White Horse Camps -- The senex and the puer: youth and age as dialectic -- An ethnographic case: coming of age rituals -- The senex and the fool: changes in Druidry and the problem of youth -- Notes -- Bibliography.
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ISBN:1351851225