"TRAVEL Special Interest Religious." . . "RELIGION / Comparative Religion" . . "Religions." . . "Neue Religiosität Aufsatzsammlung." . . "Cultes." . . "Sectes." . . "Controversen." . . "Syncretism (Religion)" . . "Hare Krishnas." . . "Neue Religion." . . "Secte." . . "Electronic book." . . "RELIGION / Essays" . . "nouveau mouvement religieux société (milieu humain) [études diverses]" . . "RELIGION History." . . "New Age (Moviment)" . . "Godsdienstige bewegingen." . . "Oxford University Press." . . "RELIGION / Reference" . . "New Age movement." . . . "Controversial new religions" . "Controversial new religions"@en . . . . . . "Llibres electrònics" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "This book complements \"Lewis's Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements\". The former provides an overview of the state of the field. This volume collects papers on those specific New Religious Movements (NRMs) that have generated the most scholarly attention. With few exceptions, these organizations are also the controversial groups that have attracted the attention of the mass media, often because they have been involved in, or accused of, violent or anti-social activities. Among the movements to be profiled are such groups as the Branch Davidians, Heaven's Gate, Aum Shinrikyo, Solar Temple, Scientology, Falun Gong and many more. The book will function as a reference for scholars, as a text for courses in NRMs, and will also appeal to non-specialists including reporters, law enforcement, public policy makers, and others." . . . . . . . . . . . "Aufsatzsammlung" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Controversial New Religions" . . . . "In terms of public opinion, new religious movements are considered controversial for a variety of reasons. Their social organization often runs counter to popular expectations by experimenting with communal living, alternative leadership roles, unusual economic dispositions, and new political and ethical values. As a result the general public views new religions with a mixture of curiosity, amusement, and anxiety, sustained by lavish media emphasis on oddness and tragedy rather than familiarity and lived experience. This updated and revised second edition of Controversial New Religions offers a scholarly, dispassionate look at those groups that have generated the most attention, including some very well-known classical groups like The Family, Unification Church, Scientology, and Jim Jones's People's Temple; some relative newcomers such as the Kabbalah Centre, the Order of the Solar Temple, Branch Davidians, Heaven's Gate, and the Falun Gong; and some interesting cases like contemporary Satanism, the Raelians, Black nationalism, and various Pagan groups. Each essay combines an overview of the history and beliefs of each organization or movement with original and insightful analysis. By presenting decades of scholarly work on new religious movements written in an accessible form by established scholars as well as younger experts in the field, this book will be an invaluable resource for all those who seek a view of new religions that is deeper than what can be found in sensationalistic media stories." . . . "Electronic books"@en . . "In terms of public opinion, new religious movements are considered controversial for a variety of reasons. Their social organization often runs counter to popular expectations by experimenting with communal living, alternative leadership roles, unusual economic dispositions, and new political and ethical values. As a result the general public views new religions with a mixture of curiosity, amusement, and anxiety, sustained by lavish media emphasis on oddness and tragedy rather than familiarity and lived experience. This updated and revised second edition of Controversial New Religions offers."@en . . "Electronic books" . . . "The groups covered are: The Family - Unification Church - People's Temple - Branch Davidians - ISKCON (Hare Krishnas) - Osho Rajineesh - Soka Gakkai - Aum Shinrikyo - Falun Gong - Aumism - Scientology - Theosophy - Order of the Solar Temple - Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness - Heaven's Gate - Raelians - White Racist Religions - Satanism." . . . . . . . . . "Neue Religiosität." . . "Cults." . . "Cults" . "Esoterisme." . .