Radical Transformations In Minority Religions (Routledge Inform Series On Minority Religions And Spiritual Movements)
Routledge
ISBN13:
9781032116808
$65.45
All religions undergo continuous change, but minority religions tend to be less anchored in their ways than mainstream, traditional religions. This volume examines radical transformations undergone by a variety of minority religions, including the Children of God/ Family International; Gnosticism; Jediism; various manifestations of Paganism; LGBT Muslim groups; the Plymouth Brethren; Santa Muerte; and Satanism. As with other books in the Routledge/Inform series, the contributors approach the subject from a wide range of perspectives: professional scholars include legal experts and sociologists specialising in new religious movements, but there are also chapters from those who have experienced a personal involvement. The volume is divided into four thematic parts that focus on different impetuses for radical change: interactions with society, technology and institutions, efforts at legitimation, and new revelations. This book will be a useful source of information for social scientists, historians, theologians and other scholars with an interest in social change, minority religions and cults'. It will also be of interest to a wider readership including lawyers, journalists, theologians and members of the general public--
- | Author: Eileen Barker, Beth Singler
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: May 31, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 276 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1032116803
- | ISBN-13: 9781032116808
- Author:
- Eileen Barker, Beth Singler
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication Date:
- May 31, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 276 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1032116803
- ISBN-13:
- 9781032116808