Sects and Society

Sects and Society
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 412
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Synopsis Sects and Society by : Bryan R. Wilson

Sex, Sects and Society

Sex, Sects and Society
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Publisher : University of Wales Press
Total Pages : 487
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ISBN-10 : 9781786832153
ISBN-13 : 1786832151
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Sex, Sects and Society by : Russell Davies

This book will provide an educational and entertaining read. It will explain the contradictions and complexities of the Welsh national identity. This book will reveal the hardships and horrors of some people's lives. It will reveal how religion and superstition ebbed and flowed together.

Sects, Cults, and Spiritual Communities

Sects, Cults, and Spiritual Communities
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 193
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ISBN-10 : 9780313390821
ISBN-13 : 0313390827
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Sects, Cults, and Spiritual Communities by : Marc Petrowsky

American society is culturally diverse with a variety of religious denominations, sects, cults, and self-help groups vying for members. This volume analyzes nine of these groups, chosen both for their intrinsic interest and because they illustrate a variety of sociological concepts. The groups included in this study are: Heaven's Gate, Jesus People USA, the Love Family, The Farm, Amish Women, Scientology, El Niño Fidencio, Santería, and Freedom Park. The contributors are social scientists with first-hand knowledge of the groups they examine.

Encyclopedia of Religion and Society

Encyclopedia of Religion and Society
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Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Total Pages : 618
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ISBN-10 : 0761989560
ISBN-13 : 9780761989561
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Encyclopedia of Religion and Society by : William H. Swatos

As the new millennium approaches, the sacred and profane interface, conflict, and intermingle in novel ways. The Encyclopedia of Religion and Society provides a guide map for these developments. From succinct, brief notes to essay-length entries, it covers world religions, religious perspectives on political and social issues, and religious leaders and scholars -- present and past -- in the United States and the world. This comprehensive volume is an essential reference for studies in the anthropology, psychology, politics, and sociology of religion. Topics include: abortion, adolescence, African-American religious experience, anthropology of religion, Buddhism, commitment, conversion, definition of religion, ecology movement, Emile Durkheim, ethnicity, fundamentalism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, new religious movements, organization, parish, Talcott Parsons, racism, research methods, Roman Catholicism, sexism, Unification Church, Max Weber, and many others.

Sects, Cults and Alternative Religions

Sects, Cults and Alternative Religions
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Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 071372756X
ISBN-13 : 9780713727562
Rating : 4/5 (6X Downloads)

Synopsis Sects, Cults and Alternative Religions by : David V. Barrett

The book "reveals the beliefs and practices of many modern sects and cults. It explains where they came from.

Members Only

Members Only
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Publisher : Zest Books ™
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 9781541581920
ISBN-13 : 154158192X
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Members Only by : Julie Tibbott

Throughout human history, people have banded together to pass on traditions, climb the social ladder, and often just have a good time. And sometimes, keeping other people out is part of the fun. (Every hot club needs a velvet rope, after all.) But some of these groups have proved so exclusive and secretive that we on the outside can't resist some speculation. Wouldn't you like to know what they're really up to? No need for secret handshakes or passwords—Members Only is your all-access guide to the secret societies, clandestine cults, and exclusive associations that you've always wondered about.

Sects & Social Disorder

Sects & Social Disorder
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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 9781847011077
ISBN-13 : 1847011071
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis Sects & Social Disorder by : Abdul Raufu Mustapha

Analyses Muslim-Muslim divisions within northern Nigeria, which are as important for understanding the violence in the region as those between Muslim and Christian (for which, see the companion volume, Creed and Grievance), with consequences for long-term peacemaking. Nigerian society has long been perceived as divided along religious lines, between Muslims and Christians, but alongside this there is an equally important polarization within the Muslim population in beliefs, rituals and sectarian allegiance. This book highlights the crucial issue of intra-Muslim pluralism and conflict in Nigeria. Conflicting interpretations of texts and contexts have led to fragmentation within northern Nigerian Islam, and differentIslamic sects have often resorted to violence against each other in pursuit of 'the right path'. The doctrinal justification of violence was first perfected against other Muslim groups, before being extended to non-Muslims: conflict between Muslim groups therefore preceded the violence between Muslims and Christians. It will be impossible to manage the relationship between the latter, without addressing the schisms within the Muslim community itself. Nigeria: Premium Times Books Abdul Raufu Mustapha is Associate Professor in African Politics, University of Oxford. His publications include (co-edited with Lindsey Whitfield) Turning Points in African Democracy (James Currey, 2009). Forthcoming: Creed & Grievance: Muslims, Christians & Society in Northern Nigeria edited by Abdul Raufu Mustapha and David Ehrhardt.

Sex, Sects and Society

Sex, Sects and Society
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Publisher : University of Wales Press
Total Pages : 478
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ISBN-10 : 9781786832146
ISBN-13 : 1786832143
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Sex, Sects and Society by : Russell Davies

This book will provide an educational and entertaining read. It will explain the contradictions and complexities of the Welsh national identity. This book will reveal the hardships and horrors of some people's lives. It will reveal how religion and superstition ebbed and flowed together.

Practicing Safe Sects

Practicing Safe Sects
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 318
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ISBN-10 : 9789004360952
ISBN-13 : 9004360956
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Practicing Safe Sects by : F. LeRon Shults

In Practicing Safe Sects F. LeRon Shults provides scientific and philosophical resources for having “the talk” about religious reproduction: where do gods come from – and what are the costs of bearing them in our culturally pluralistic, ecologically fragile environment?

God's Blueprints

God's Blueprints
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 457
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ISBN-10 : 9780429678288
ISBN-13 : 0429678282
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis God's Blueprints by : John McKelvie Whitworth

Viewing the world with abhorrence, members of utopian sects isolate themselves from its influence. As this book, first published in 1975, shows, they seek to establish and promulgate radically distinctive forms of society according to what they claim to be God’s blueprint and which they believe are destined by his intervention and their example to spread throughout the world. Rooted in the sociology of religion and more particularly in the concepts of sectarianism and communitarianism, this study presents an analysis of three sects: the Shakers; the Oneida Community; and the Bruderhof. The author examines the origins, religious conceptions, social structure and composition, modes of social control, and development of each group; and in a concluding chapter he discusses the utopian sect as a distinctive social form.