Understanding New Religious Movements - Hardcover

John A Saliba

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0759103550 ISBN 13: 9780759103559

Publisher: AltaMira Press (UK), 2003

Synopsis

Discussions of any religion can easily raise passions. But arguments tend to become even more heated when the religion under discussion is characterized as new. Divisions around the study of new religious movements (NRMs), or cults, or nontraditional or alternative or emergent religions are so acute that there is even controversy over what to call them. John Saliba strives to bring balance to these discussions by offering perspectives on new religions from different academic perspectives: history, psychology, sociology, law, theology, and counseling. This approach provides rich descriptions of a broad range of movements while demonstrating how the differing aims of the disciplines can create much of the controversy around NRMs. The new second edition has been updated and revised throughout and includes a new foreword by noted historian of religion, J. Gordon Melton. For classes in religion or the social sciences, or for interested individuals, Understanding New Religious Movements offers the most objective introduction possible.

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About the Author

John A. Saliba, S.J., is professor of religious studies at the University of Detroit Mercy.

Edition details

• Publisher: AltaMira Press (UK)
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0759103550
• ISBN 13: 9780759103559
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 312