Fieldwork In New Religious Movements
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Author | : George D. Chryssides |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 2024-02-14 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 100927872X |
New religious movements are often described as bizarre and sinister. Direct acquaintance, however, often gives a different impression from media portrayals and even from some academic writing. After decades of undertaking fieldwork, the author George Chryssides discusses his experiences, as well as studies by other scholars, and the issues that fieldwork involves. How do one's personal beliefs and lifestyle impinge on field research? How involved should a participant-observer become? How should we assess what we are told by insiders and ex-members? What ethical problems does field research create? How should we engage in online fieldwork, arising from the increasing use of the Internet, accelerated by the Covid pandemic? These are among the issues which this Element explores, and which will be of interest both to field researchers and to those who read about the fieldwork of others.
Author | : Elisabeth Arweck |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780415277549 |
This cutting-edge analysis of American and European new religious movements explores the controversies between religious groups and the majority interests which oppose them. It asks how modern societies can best respond to new religious movements,
Author | : W. Michael Ashcraft |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 2018-02-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1351670832 |
The American public’s perception of New Religious Movements (NRMs) as fundamentally harmful cults stems from the "anticult" movement of the 1970s, which gave a sometimes hysterical and often distorted image of NRMs to the media. At the same time, academics pioneered a new field, studying these same NRMs from sociological and historical perspectives. They offered an interpretation that ran counter to that of the anticult movement. For these scholars in the new field of NRM studies, NRMs were legitimate religions deserving of those freedoms granted to established religions. Those scholars in NRM studies continued to evolve methods and theories to study NRMs. This book tells their story. Each chapter begins with a biography of a key person involved in studying NRMs. The narrative unfolds chronologically, beginning with late nineteenth- and early-twentieth century perceptions of religions alternative to the mainstream. Then the focus shifts to those early efforts, in the 1960s and 1970s, to comprehend the growing phenomena of cults or NRMs using the tools of academic disciplines. The book’s midpoint is a chapter that looks closely at the scholarship of the anticult movement, and from there moves forward in time to the present, highlighting themes in the study of NRMs like violence, gender, and reflexive ethnography. No other book has used the scholars of NRMs as the focus for a study in this way. The material in this volume is, therefore, a fascinating viewpoint from which to explore the origins of this vibrant academic community, as well as analyse the practice of Religious Studies more generally.
Author | : Olav Hammer |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 347 |
Release | : 2012-08-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0521196507 |
This volume addresses the key features of new religions, such as Scientology, the Moonies and Jihadist movements, from a systematic, comparative perspective.
Author | : David G. Bromley |
Publisher | : Mercer University Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780865542389 |
Author | : Peter Clarke |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 839 |
Release | : 2004-03 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1134499701 |
An essential companion to both research and scholarship upon which undergraduates, postgraduates, lecturers and researchers can all be expected to draw.
Author | : Eileen Barker |
Publisher | : Bernan Press(PA) |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
Author | : James A. Beckford |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1986-11-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781446233306 |
"The book shows how rapid social change gives rise to novel religious interpretations and how new religious movements, in turn, try to influence the process of change. This analysis is illustrated by studies of the advanced societies of North America and Europe, of Japan during the first phase of industrialization, and of countries and regions in the developing world. New religious movements are revealed as a normal aspect of social life and as critical indicators of social change. This is reflected in each movement's social composition, teachings, values, religious practices and organizational structures as well as their engagement in politics, business and their structuring of social relationships."--Publisher's description.
Author | : Dr John Paul Healy |
Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2013-06-28 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1409481085 |
Cutting across three areas of interest within New Religious Movements - insider perspectives, sociology of religion and the helping professions - this book explores insiders' experience of the Indian Guru-disciple Yogic tradition and is authored by a former member of that tradition. Highlighting the rich spiritual experience of devotees of Guru-disciple Yoga, and broadening the understanding of Guru-disciple Yoga Practice, this book also adds considerably to knowledge of conversion to New Religious Movements and to issues of affiliation and disengagement. Exploring participants' experience of attraction, affiliation and disengagement, these themes highlight individuals' personal experience of Guru-disciple Yoga Practice.
Author | : Jamie Cresswell |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1134636962 |
New Religious Movements: Challenge & Response is the most comprehensive, wide-ranging study on the global impact of new religions. * New religions discussed include Hare Krishna, Sikh Dharma, The Unification Church, The Church of Scientology, The Jesus People and Wicca. * Focuses on the rise of new religious movements in Italy, Brazil, United States, Germany and Britain. * The contributors are among the most respected and reputable experts in the field.