Teaching New Religious Movements

2007/06/01 by David G. Bromley · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Religion and Society Interactions #Religious Education and Schools #Religion, Society, and Development #Scholarship #Multidisciplinary approach #Field (mathematics) #Sociology #Movement (music) #Social science #Political science #Aesthetics #Art #Law

paper · doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195177299.001.0001

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Abstract

Abstract Since its inception around 1970, the study of new religious movements (NRMs) has evolved into an established multidisciplinary field. At the same time, both the movements and the scholars who study them have been the subjects of intense controversy. In this book, a group of senior NRM scholars who have been instrumental in the development of the field offer pivotal essays in the form of chapters that present the basics of NRM scholarship along with guidance for teachers on classroom use.

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• Exits and Migrations: Foregrounding the Christian Counter-Cult
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Cited by

• Academic study of new religious movements [wikipedia]

Related

• The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements
• Religious Movements in Contemporary America
• Two Traditions in the Study of Religion
• Perspective: New New Religions: Revisiting a Concept
• WEARING THEIR FAITH: NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS, DRESS, AND FASHION IN AMERICA. By Lynn S.Neal. Cambridge Elements: Elements in New Religious Movements. Cambridge University Press, 2025. Pp. 83. Hardback, £55.00; paperback, £18.00.