Revisionism and Diversification in New Religious Movements
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Revisionism and Diversification in New Religious Movements

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Revisionism and Diversification in New Religious Movements

About this book

New Religious Movements tend to start their lives with a number of unequivocal statements, not only of a theological nature but also about the world and appropriate behaviours for the believer. Yet these apparently inalienable Truths and their interpretations frequently become revised, 'adjusted' or selectively adopted by different believers. This book explores different ways in which, as NRMs develop, stagnate, fade away, or abruptly cease to exist, certain orthodoxies and practices have, for one reason or another, been dropped or radically altered. Sometimes such changes are adapted by only a section of the movement, resulting in schism. Of particular concern are processes that might lead to violent and/or anti-social behaviour. As part of the Ashgate/Inform series, and in the spirit of the Inform Seminars, this book approaches its topic from a wide range of perspectives. Contributors include academics, current and former members of NRMs, and members of 'cult-watching' movements. All the contributions are of a scholarly rather than a polemic nature, and brought together by Eileen Barker, the founder of Inform.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9781317063605
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Comparative Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Figures
  6. List of Contributors
  7. 1 Revision and Diversification in New Religious Movements: An Introduction
  8. 2 The Family International: Rebooting for the Future
  9. 3 The Changing Faces of God: The Hinduisation of the Hare Krishna Movement
  10. 4 The Post-Sun Myung Moon Unification Church
  11. 5 The Church of Scientology
  12. 6 La Mission de l’Esprit-Saint: One Hundred Years of Prophecies and Schisms in a Quebecois NRM
  13. 7 The Orthodox Church of the Sovereign Mother of God/The New Cathar Church
  14. Appendix to Chapter 7: Blessed Father John
  15. 8 Present Truth and Theological Revisionism Among the Branch Davidians
  16. 9 Aum Shinrikyo and Hikari no Wa
  17. 10 The Re-invented Wheel: Doctrinal Revisions and Control of the Falungong, 1992–2012
  18. 11 Change and Continuity: Hizb ut Tahrir’s Strategy and Ideology in Britain
  19. 12 The Metamorphosis of MEK (Mujahedin e Khalegh)
  20. 13 When History Fails: Mormon Origins and Historical Revisionism
  21. 14 Revisionism in the New Age Movement: The Case of Healing with Crystals
  22. 15 Intentional Communities: The Evolution of Enacted Utopianism
  23. 16 Changes in North American Cult Awareness Organizations
  24. 17 Changing Vision, Changing Course: En-Visioning/Re-Visioning and Concentration/Diversification in NRMs
  25. Index