Radical Transformations in Minority Religions by Singler, Beth; Barker, Eileen;

Rövid leírás:

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.

Hosszú leírás:

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.

Tartalomjegyzék:

1 Radical Changes in Minority Religions: Reflections-Beth Singler;Part One: Internal Forces Leading to Radical Changes; 2 What Did They Do About It? A Sociological Perspective on Reactions to Child Sexual Abuse in Three New Religions-Eileen Barker; 3 Children of Heimdall: Ásatrú Ideas of Ancestry-Karl E. H. Seigfried; 4 Varieties of Enlightenment: Revisions in the EnlightenNext Movement around Andrew Cohen-André Van Der Braak; 5 “Not all Druids wear robes” Countercultural Experiences of Youth and the Revision of Ritual in British Druidry-Jonathan Woolley; Part Two: Technology and Institutions as Drivers of Change; 6 Santo Daime: Work in Progress-Andrew Dawson; 7 A Song of Wood and Water: The Ecofeminist Turn in 1970s-1980s British Paganism-Shai Feraro; 8 When Galaxies Collide: The Question of Jediism’s Revisionism in the Face of Corporate Buyouts and Mythos ‘Retconning’-Beth Singler; Part Three: Change as a Part of a Process of Legitimation; 9 Regulating Religious Diversification: A Legal Perspective-Frank Cranmer And Russell Sandberg; 10 Revision or Re-Branding? The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church in Australia under Bruce D. Hales 2002-2016-Bernard Doherty And Laura Dyason; 11 Appendix to Revision or Re-Branding? The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church 2002-2016-PBCC; 12 Diversification in Samael Aun Weor’s Gnostic Movement-David G. Robertson; 13 Using the New Religious Movements Framework to Consider LGBT Muslim Groups-Shanon Shah; Part Four: New Prophecies or Revelations; 14 Digital Revisionism: The Aftermath of the Family International’s Reboot-Claire Borowik; 15 The Mexican Santa Muerte from Tepito to Tultitlán: Tradition, Innovation and Syncretism at Enriqueta Vargas’ Temple-Stefano Bigliardi, Fabrizio Lorusso, and Stefano Morrone; 16 From the Church of Satan to the Temple of Set: Revisionism in the Satanic Milieu-Eugene V. Gallagher; 17 The ‘Messenger’ as Source of Both Stabilization and Revisionism in Church Universal and Triumphant and Related Groups-Erin Prophet