Alternative religions: a sociological introduction
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XIX, 268 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0754634108 0754634094 9780754634102 |
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| adam_text | Contents
Figures xi
Tables xii
Acknowledgements xiii
Acronyms xiv
Introduction xv
1 Alternative religion in perspective 1
Problems of definition 1
Defining the alternatives 4
The post Christian society 6
The alternatives: the religions of the gaps? 9
Variations on a theme 12
Problems of objectivity 14
Summary 15
Further reading 15
2 Cults 17
Cults defined 17
The social significance of cults 20
Cults and cultural innovation 23
Cult controversies 24
Doomsday cults 26
Societal reaction to cults and new alternative religions 29
Summary 32
Further reading 32
3 Sectarianism 33
Sects defined 34
Church sect transformations 36
vi CONTENTS
Sects and deprivation 37
Sects as an integrating force 39
Recruitment to sects 40
Some major Christian sectarian movements 41
The Brethren movement 42
Christadelphians 44
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints 45
Jehovah s Witnesses 47
Quakers 50
Seventh day Adventists 51
Swedenborgians 53
Unitarians 54
Worldwide Church of God 54
Summary 56
Further reading 56
4 Christian fundamentalism 61
Fundamentalism defined 61
Fundamentalism as anti modernism 62
A phenomenological approach 64
The New Christian Right and political activism 64
Who are the fundamentalists? 66
Fundamentalism appraised 68
The global significance of Christian fundamentalism 70
Fundamentalist movements within Roman Catholicism 72
Summary 74
Further reading 74
5 Pentecostalism and movements of
Christian renewal 75
The Charismatic Renewal movement 76
The nature of Pentecostalism 78
Who are the Pentecostals? 79
Strands within neo Pentecostalism 81
Restorationism and the house church movement 82
The Third Wave movement 83
Reconstructionism 85
Social activism 85
The black Pentecostal churches 85
CONTENTS vii
Summary 87
Further reading 87
6 New Religious Movements 89
Varieties of NRMs 89
The 1960s and getting saved from them 91
NRMs and contemporary society 93
Accounting for success 95
Who joins NRMs? 96
Social class 96
The young and NRMs 98
Women and NRMs 99
NRMs: conversion and disengagement 100
The causes of conversion 101
Learning processes 103
Social networks 103
The convert s point of view 104
Disengagement from the new religions 105
Summary 106
Further reading 106
7 Some major New Religious Movements 109
NRMs derived from Christianity ] 09
The Family 110
The Messianic Communities 111
The Jesus Fellowsh ip 113
The Central London Church of Christ 115
NRMs derived from Hinduism 115
The Divine Light Mission 116
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness 117
SaiBaba 118
Shri Swaminarayan 119
Brahma Kumaris 120
Healthy Happy Holy Organization 121
NRMs derived from Islam 122
Subud 122
The Baha i Faith 123
Syncretic movements 124
The Unification Church 124
viii CONTENTS
Rastafarianism 126
Rajneeshes 127
Summary 128
Further reading 128
8 The New Age 131
What is the New Age movement? 131
New Age: the religion of post modernity? 133
New Age: empowerment and identity 134
Inherent contradictions of the New Age 136
Strands of the New Age 13 7
Eastern mysticism 138
New Age environmentalism 139
New Age feminism 140
The New Age Christian wing 140
Who are the New Agers? 142
New Age travelling 143
Levels of involvement 143
The impact of the New Age 144
Summary 146
Further reading 146
9 Neo Paganism and esoteric spiritualities 147
Neo Paganism 147
Strands within neo Paganism 149
Heathenism 149
Wicca 150
Druidry 153
Related neo Pagan practices 155
Magic 155
Shamanism 155
Astral travelling 156
Satanism 157
Esoteric movements 158
Freemasonry 159
Rosicrucianism 160
Contemporary esoteric movements 161
Locating neo Paganism and esotericism 163
Summary 164
Further reading 164
CONTENTS ix
10 Popular forms of religiosity 169
Superstition 170
Astrology 171
Divination 173
Tarot 174
Dowsing 174
Numerology 175
Palmistry 176
Spiritualism 177
Practices related to oriental occultism 178
IChing 178
FengShui 178
The social backgrounds of occult practitioners 179
Summary 180
Further reading 181
11 Human potential and healing movements 183
The contemporary concern with health and healing 183
Healing of mind, body, and spirit 185
Healing in the new religions 186
Christian healing 189
Christian Science 189
Neo Pentecostal healing 190
The Faith movement 192
Programmes of self improvement 193
Scientology 194
Transcendental Meditation 197
Fringe religiosity and alternative medicines/therapies 198
Summary 200
Further reading 200
12 World religions and the faiths of
ethnic minorities 201
Religion and ethnicity 202
The implications of global fundamentalism 203
World religions in the Western context 205
Islam 205
Judaism 208
Hinduism 212
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Sikhism 213
Jainism 215
Buddhism 217
Summary 220
Further reading 220
13 Quasi religions 221
Defining quasi religions 221
The rise of quasi religions 222
Some examples of quasi religions 223
The religious nature of secular organizations 223
Sport 224
Television and rock stars 224
Consumerism 225
Environmentalisrn 226
UFO cults 226
Ethical eating 228
Summary 229
Further reading 230
14 The rise of the alternatives:
some implications 231
The alternatives: a revival of religion? 231
The demise of mainstream Christianity revisited 232
The decline of Christianity: does it matter? 236
Summary and future prospects 237
Bibliography 239
Glossary of terms 257
Index 263
Figures
1 The Family, pamphlet on Flirty Fishing 57
2 Rooms in Masonic Temple, Salt Lake City 58
3 Cover of Plain Truth magazine of the Worldwide Church of God 59
4 Cover of Lesbian and Gay Christians magazine 60
5 Depiction of the fall of Adam and Eve from The Watchtower magazine,
Jehovah s Witnesses 165
6 Pagan symbols in use among neo Pagan groups today 166
7 Enoch Adeboye, leader of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Nigeria 167
8 Healing card, Divine Inner Light movement 168
9 Image of worship in the Charismatic Renewal Movement 168
Tables
1 Christian Church membership in Britain 9
2 Belief in occultist practices in Britain, 1970 90 10
3 Types of religious organizations 19
4 Classification of Church, denomination and sect 37
5 Estimate of pagan numbers in Britain, 1992 154
6 Teenagers involved in occult practices in England, 1992 171
7 Erosion of the Christian tradition: international patterns 233
8 Beliefs in Sweden 234
9 Swedish youth s belief in the paranormal 235
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