Visioning new and minority religions : projecting the future /: projecting the future. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Eugene V. Gallagher.
• Editors: Gallagher, Eugene V
• Contents: Part 1. Theoretical Perspectives on New and Minority Religions -- Introduction: Projecting the Future for New and Minority Religions / Eugene V. Gallagher -- The Changing Scene: What Might Happen and What Might Be Less Likely to Happen? / Eileen Barker -- 'The Silent Majority?' Understanding Apostate Testimony Beyond 'Insider/Outsider' Binaries in the Study of New Religions / Stephen E. Gregg & George D. Chryssides -- Scholarship on Seekership: Explaining Traffic In and Out of New Religions / Steven J. Sutcliffe -- Economies of Love and Squalor: Fraud and Deception in Religious Milieus / Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist -- No Leader, No Followers: The Internet and the End of Charisma? / Beth Singler -- A Guaranteed Future for New Religious Movements / Eugene V. Gallagher. Part 2. International Perspectives on the Future of Specific New Religious Groups -- The Changing Face of Contemporary Paganism in Britain / Vivianne Crowley -- You Can't Smash the Internet: A Historical Analysis of the LDS Church's Negotiation of Technology and How the Internet has Changed the Rules of the Game / Jessica Finnigan -- From Japanese Buddhist Sect to Global Citizenship: Soka Gakkai Past and Future / Anne Mette Fisker-Nielsen -- Christian Scientists: Has-Beens or 21st Century Spiritual Pioneers? / Robin Harragin and Tony Lobl -- Anticipating the Future: The Growth of Practice-Oriented Spiritualities / Erin Johnston -- Pop Culture -- a New Source of Spirituality? / Pavol Kosnáč -- A Neo-Orthodox Buddhist Movement in Transition: The Diamond Way / B. Scherer.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 209; Cults; Cults; Neopaganism; Sōka Gakkai Buddhists; Neue Religion; Great Britain; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781315317885; 1315317885
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