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- ISBN
- 9780195420098
- Subject Area
- Religion, Social Science
- Publication Name
- Comprehending Cults : the Sociology of New Religious Movements
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 9.1 in
- Subject
- Sociology / General, Cults
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Perfect
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Features
- Revised
- Item Weight
- 13.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195420098
ISBN-13
9780195420098
eBay Product ID (ePID)
50229748
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Comprehending Cults : the Sociology of New Religious Movements
Subject
Sociology / General, Cults
Publication Year
2006
Features
Revised
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Social Science
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
13.3 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
2
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2006-275389
Reviews
"This book is undoubtedly the best introduction to New Religious Movements (NRMs) as sociological phenomena. Not only does Dawson have a gift for summarizing and evaluating the major theories, but, more importantly, he is able to provide structure and meaning to the ways in which weconceptualise the issues surrounding NRMs" -- Dr. Lorenzo DiTommaso, McMaster University, "This book is undoubtedly the best introduction to New Religious Movements(NRMs) as sociological phenomena. Not only does Dawson have a gift forsummarizing and evaluating the major theories, but, more importantly, he is ableto provide structure and meaning to the ways in which we conceptualise theissues surrounding NRMs" -- Dr. Lorenzo DiTommaso, McMaster University
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
306.6
Table Of Content
AcknowledgementsChapter One: Why Study New Religious Movements?The Cults in Our MidstThe Hostility Towards CultsBox 1 They Come in All Shapes and SizesResponding to the Suspicions of the PublicChapter Two: What Are New Religious Movements?Religion and Its Continuing SignificanceChurches, Sects, and CultsCreating a Typology of CultsBox 2 How New Religious Movements Change with SuccessChapter Three: Why Did New Religious Movements Emerge?Asking the Right Question FirstNew Religious Movements as a Response to Cultural ChangeBox 3 Three Models of Cult FormationNew Religious Movements as an Expression of Cultural ContinuityConcluding RemarksChapter Four: Who Joins New Religious Movements and Why?The StereotypesGetting Involved with New Religious MovementsThe Social Attributes of Those Who JoinBox 4 Why Are American Converts to New Religious Movements Disporportionately Jewish?Some Reasons for JoiningChapter Five: Are Converts to New Religious Movements 'Brainwashed'?The Issue and Its SignificanceThe Case Against the CultsThe Case Against BrainwashingBox 5 The Active Versus Passive ConvertReformulating the Issues in the Brainwashing DebateChapter Six: Why Are New Religious Movements So Often Accused of Sexual Deviance?Sexual Deviance and the CultsBox 6 Child Abuse and the Social Control of NRMsGender MattersResponding to Recent 'Cult' TragediesApocalyptic BeliefsCharismatic LeadershipSocial EncapsulationBox 7 Surviving the Failure of Apocalyptic PropheciesConcluding RemarksChapter Eight: What Is the Cultural Significance of New Religious Movements?Our Skewed PerspectiveModernism and the New Religious MovementsBox 8 Factors Affecting the Success of NRMsPostmodernism and the New Religious MovementsNRMs: Anti-modern, Modern, or Postmodern?Concluding RemarksNotesBibliographyIndex
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
Comprehending Cults , Second Edition, provides a sociological interpretation of the phenomenon of new religious movements. While the author does not offer an apologia for cults--in either a religious or a sociological sense--he does attempt to replace suspicion and misinformation with a greater knowledge of the facts (as best we know them) and a measure of sympathetic understanding. Completely revised and updated in this second edition, the book examines all aspects of cults, while striving to delineate the very real limits of our knowledge. In addition to dealing with the troublesome aspects of the subject, including issues of violence, sexuality, and brainwashing, the author also considers the possibility that new religious movements are a source of spiritual satisfaction to their members. Offering up-to-date social science research about contemporary religious cults, Comprehending Cults , Second Edition, is ideal for undergraduate sociology of religion and new religious movements courses., Tackling popular misconceptions about new religious movements, Comprehending Cults summarizes, synthesizes, and assesses over 40 years of research by historians, sociologists, and psychologists. This excellent introduction to the study of new religious groups offers a balanced treatment of new movements as a source of spiritual satisfaction while confronting issues of violence, sexuality, and brainwashing within religious cults., This book summarises, synthesizes, and asseses over forty years of research in new religious movements by historians, sociologists, and psychologists of religion. Comprehending Cults provides an excellent introduction to the study of new religious phenomena., Comprehending Cults, Second Edition, provides a sociological interpretation of the phenomenon of new religious movements. While the author does not offer an apologia for cults--in either a religious or a sociological sense--he does attempt to replace suspicion and misinformation with a greater knowledge of the facts (as best we know them) and a measure of sympathetic understanding. Completely revised and updated in this second edition, the book examines all aspects of cults, while striving to delineate the very real limits of our knowledge. In addition to dealing with the troublesome aspects of the subject, including issues of violence, sexuality, and brainwashing, the author also considers the possibility that new religious movements are a source of spiritual satisfaction to their members. Offering up-to-date social science research about contemporary religious cults, Comprehending Cults, Second Edition, is ideal for undergraduate sociology of religion and new religious movements courses.
LC Classification Number
BP603.D39
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