Record Nr.

UNINA9910765837903321

Autore

Arweck Elisabeth

Titolo

Researching new religious movements : responses and redefinitions / / Elisabeth Arweck

Pubbl/distr/stampa


2004
Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2017
©2006

ISBN


9786610291410
9781134472444
1134472447
9781134472468
1134472463
9780415277549
041527754X
9781134472475
1134472471
9781280291418
1280291419
9780203642375
0203642376

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (402 p.)

Classificazione

11.05

Disciplina

200/.7/041

Soggetti

Cults - Germany

Religion and sociology - Germany

Cults - Great Britain

Religion and sociology - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

What this book is about -- Milestones in a research itinerary -- Institutions and institutional knowledge -- Institutions -- Institutional knowledge -- Sketching in the cultural background -- The contours of religious cultures -- The contours of academic cultures -- The "anti-

cult" movement's response -- The ACM response in Britain : the case of FAIR -- The ACM response in Germany : the case of Elterninitiative -- The response of the mainstream churches -- The Church of England's response -- The response of the Protestant Church in German -- Evangelische Zentralstelle für Weltanschauungsfragen (EZW) -- Pastor Friedrich-Wilhelm Haack and Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Religions- und Weltanschuungsfragen -- The response of the Roman Catholic Church -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

New religious movements such as the Moonies, Jehovah's Witnesses and Hare Krishnas are now well established in mainstream cultural consciousness. But responses to these 'cult' groups still tend to be overwhelmingly negative, characterized by the furious reactions that they evoke from majority interests. Modern societies need to learn how best to respond to such movements, and how to interpret their benefits and dangers.Researching New Religious Movements provides a cutting-edge analysis of the controversy around new religions in America and Europe today. Drawing on original fieldw