The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements

Table of contents

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• The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements *
• Title Page *
• Acknowledgments *
• Contents vii
• Contributors xi
• The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements *
• Overview 3
• References *
• Chapter 1 - An Introduction to New Religions 16
• Notes *
• Part I - Modernization and New Religions *
• Chapter 2 - Alternative Spiritualities, New Religions, and the Reenchantment of the West 39
• Notes *
• Chapter 3 - The Sociocultural Significance of Modern New Religious Movements 68
• Notes *
• References *

• The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements *
• Title Page *
• Acknowledgments *
• Contents vii
• Contributors xi
• The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements *
• Overview 3
• References *
• Chapter 1 - An Introduction to New Religions 16
• Notes *
• Part I - Modernization and New Religions *
• Chapter 2 - Alternative Spiritualities, New Religions, and the Reenchantment of the West 39
• Notes *
• Chapter 3 - The Sociocultural Significance of Modern New Religious Movements 68
• Notes *
• References *
• Chapter 4 - Science and Religion in the New Religions 99
• References *
• Chapter 5 - New Religious Movements and the World Wide Web 119
• Notes 135
• References *
• Part II - Social Conflict *
• Chapter 6 - Violence and New Religious Movements 143
• References *
• Chapter 7 - Legal Dimensions of New Religions 163
• Notes *
• References *
• Chapter 8 - Vicissitudes of Success and Failure 184
• References 202
• Chapter 9 - Anti-Cult Campaigns in Western Europe and French Religious Exceptionalism 206
• References *
• Chapter 10 - Satanism and Ritual Abuse 221
• Notes *
• Chapter 11 - Conversion and “Brainwashing” in New Religious Movements 243
• Notes 287
• References *
• Chapter 12 - Disaffiliating from New Religious Movements 298
• References *
• Part III - Social and Psychological Dimensions *
• Chapter 13 - Psychology and the New Religious Movements 317
• Notes *
• References *
• Chapter 14 - Millennialism 333
• References *
• Chapter 15 - Function, Reality Construction, and Process 359
• Notes 373
• References *
• Chapter 16 - Women in New Religious Movements 378
• References *
• Chapter 17 - Children in New Religious Movements 386
• Notes *
• References *
• Part IV - Neo-Pagans, Ufos, and Other Heterodoxies *
• Chapter 18 - UFO Religions and “Ufological” Themes in New Religious Movements 419
• Notes *
• References *
• Chapter 19 - Esotericism in New Religious Movements 445
• Notes *
• References *
• Chapter 20 - Seekers, Networks, and “New Age” 466
• Notes 484
• References *
• Chapter 21 - New Religions in East Asia 491
• Notes *
• References *
• Chapter 22 - A Review of Current Academic Treatments of Neo-Paganism 514
• References *
• Index 534