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The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements

By: James R. Lewis (Editor)

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Hardcover | 1 January 2004

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The study of New Religious Movements (NRMs) is one of the fastest-growing areas of religious studies. This Handbook covers the current state of the field and breaks new ground. Its contributors are drawn equally from sociology and religious studies and include both established scholars and "rising stars" in the field. The core chapters deal with such central issues as conversion, the brainwashing debate, millennialism, and modernization. Another section deals with NRM subfields such as neopaganism, satanism, and UFO religions. The final section considers NRMs in global perspective.

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Acknowledgments
Contributors	p. xi
The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements	p. 2
Overview	p. 3
References	p. 14
An Introduction to New Religions	p. 16
Notes	p. 31
Modernization and New Religions	p. 38
Alternative Spiritualities, New Religions, and the Reenchantment of the West	p. 39
Notes	p. 60
The Sociocultural Significance of Modern New Religious Movements	p. 68
References	p. 93
Science and Religion in the New Religions	p. 99
References	p. 117
New Religious Movements and the World Wide Web	p. 119
Notes	p. 135
References	p. 136
Social Conflict	p. 142
Violence and New Religious Movements	p. 143
References	p. 160
Legal Dimensions of New Religions	p. 163
Notes	p. 177
References	p. 178
Vicissitudes of Success and Failure	p. 184
References	p. 202
Anti-Cult Campaigns in Western Europe and French Religious Exceptionalism	p. 206
References	p. 217
Stanism and Ritual Abuse	p. 221
Notes	p. 240
Conversion and "Brainwashing" in New Religious Movements	p. 243
Notes	p. 287
References	p. 292
Disaffiliating from New Religious Movements	p. 298
References	p. 311
Social and Psychological Dimensions	p. 316
Psychology and the New Religious Movements	p. 317
References	p. 329
Millennialism	p. 333
References	p. 353
Function, Reality Construction, and Process	p. 359
Notes	p. 373
References	p. 374
Women in New Religious Movements	p. 378
References	p. 385
Children in New Religious Movements	p. 386
Notes	p. 409
References	p. 411
Neo-Pagans, Ufos, and Other Heterodoxies	p. 418
UFO Religions and "Ufological" Themes in New Religious Movements	p. 419
Notes	p. 435
References	p. 441
Esotericism in New Religious Movements	p. 445
Notes	p. 462
References	p. 463
Seekers, Networks, and "New Age"	p. 466
Notes	p. 484
References	p. 486
New Religions in East Asia	p. 491
Notes	p. 510
References	p. 512
A Review of Current Academic Treatments of Neo-Paganism	p. 514
References	p. 532
Index	p. 534
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