New religions and new religiosity / edited by Eileen Braker & Margit Warburg.

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TextSeries: RENNER Studies on New ReligionsPublication details: Aarhus, Denmark ; Oakville, Conn. : Aarhus University Press, c1998.Description: 309 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

8772885521

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DDC classification:

200/.9/04 21

LOC classification:

BL87 .N455 1998

Contents:

Table of contents Part I: The Wider Context: 1. New Religions and New Religiosity, Eileen Barker 2. Secularization, Tradition and New Forms of Religiosity: Some Theoretical Proposals, Danièle Hervieu-Léger 3. The Emergence of New Religions in Eastern Europe Since 1989, J. Gordon Melton Part II: Case Studies: 4. Enemies of the Faith: Rumours and Anecdotes as Self-definition and Social Control in the Baha'i Religion, David Piff and Margit Warburg 5. Buddhism in Poland, Tadeusz Doktór 6. The Indian Factor in New Religious Movements: A Religio-Psychological Perspective, Nils G. Holm 7. Religious Ritual-Hunger and the Quest for Religious Ritual-Sustenance: A Psycho-Cultural Investigation of New Age Participants in Berkeley, California, Valerie DeMarinis 8. The Future of the New Age Movement, J. Gordon Melton 9. Is the Charismatic movement a 'Catholic Fundamentalism'?, Danièle Hervieu-Léger 10. Danish Members' Perceptions of the Founder of the Church of Scientology, Merethe Sundby-Sørensen 11. The Faith Movement in Sweden: Some Data, Margareta Skog 12. What Does the Finnish Freemason Believe In?, Harri Heino 13. The Maitreya-Theosophy of Asger Lorentsen and the Shan-Movement, Ole Skjerbæk Madsen Part III: Societal Reactions: 14. Channelling Information: The Stigmatization of Religious Studies as an Aspect of the Debate about the New Religious Movements in Germany, Martin Baumann 15. Hindus Old and New: Problems of Sacred Space in Britain, Malory Nye 16. Christian New Religious Movements: A Roman Catholic Perspective, Massimo Introvigne 17. Restrictions and Privileges: Legal and Administrative Practice and Minority Religions in the USA and Denmark, Margit Warburg 18. New Religious Movements and the Law: A Comparison between Two Different Legal Systems - The United States and Italy, Massimo Introvigne Contributors Index of Persons Index of Subjects

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status
Printed or electronic book	New Zealand National Baha'i Reference Library	200/.9/04	Available

Papers represent a selection of contributions to RENNORD '94 held in Tune, Aug. 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Table of contents
Part I: The Wider Context:
1. New Religions and New Religiosity, Eileen Barker
2. Secularization, Tradition and New Forms of Religiosity: Some Theoretical Proposals, Danièle Hervieu-Léger
3. The Emergence of New Religions in Eastern Europe Since 1989, J. Gordon Melton

Part II: Case Studies:
4. Enemies of the Faith: Rumours and Anecdotes as Self-definition and Social Control in the Baha'i Religion, David Piff and Margit Warburg
5. Buddhism in Poland, Tadeusz Doktór
6. The Indian Factor in New Religious Movements: A Religio-Psychological Perspective, Nils G. Holm
7. Religious Ritual-Hunger and the Quest for Religious Ritual-Sustenance: A Psycho-Cultural Investigation of New Age Participants in Berkeley, California, Valerie DeMarinis
8. The Future of the New Age Movement, J. Gordon Melton
9. Is the Charismatic movement a 'Catholic Fundamentalism'?, Danièle Hervieu-Léger
10. Danish Members' Perceptions of the Founder of the Church of Scientology, Merethe Sundby-Sørensen
11. The Faith Movement in Sweden: Some Data, Margareta Skog
12. What Does the Finnish Freemason Believe In?, Harri Heino
13. The Maitreya-Theosophy of Asger Lorentsen and the Shan-Movement, Ole Skjerbæk Madsen

Part III: Societal Reactions:
14. Channelling Information: The Stigmatization of Religious Studies as an Aspect of the Debate about the New Religious Movements in Germany, Martin Baumann
15. Hindus Old and New: Problems of Sacred Space in Britain, Malory Nye
16. Christian New Religious Movements: A Roman Catholic Perspective, Massimo Introvigne
17. Restrictions and Privileges: Legal and Administrative Practice and Minority Religions in the USA and Denmark, Margit Warburg
18. New Religious Movements and the Law: A Comparison between Two Different Legal Systems - The United States and Italy, Massimo Introvigne

Contributors
Index of Persons
Index of Subjects

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