The nature, incidence and significant of new religious movements in the West.
Title: The nature, incidence and significant of new religious movements in the West.
Category: /Business & Economy
Details: Words: 1832 | Pages: 7 (approximately 235 words/page)
The nature, incidence and significant of new religious movements in the West.
Category: /Business & Economy
Details: Words: 1832 | Pages: 7 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Nature, incidence and significance of new religious movements in the West.
Introduction
The emergence and rapid growth of many new religious movements since WWII has caught the attention of the public, media and academia alike and has been the source of interest, fear and controversy.
Sects and cults have many definitions depending on the user's frame of reference. Beckford describes cults as "...relatively small, new, and unconventional religious groups..." (1985: 1) whilst other people's perceptions of
showed first 75 words of 1832 total
You are viewing only a small portion of the paper.
Please login or register to access the full copy.
Please login or register to access the full copy.
showed last 75 words of 1832 total
to move forward and resolve the challenges facing us.
BIOGRAPHY
Beckford, J.A 1985. Cult controversies: the social response to new religious movements.
<Tab/>London: Tavistock.
Wilson B & Cresswell J 1999. New religious movements: challenge and response.
<Tab/>London: Routledge.
The Cult Controversy : http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longtermcult/cultmain.htm
Rethinking Jonestown: http://archive.salon.com/books/feature/1998/06/cov_17feature.html
http://www.religioustolerance.org