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Violence and New Religious Movements
Language: en
Pages: 457
Authors: James R. Lewis
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-06 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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The relationship between new religious movements (NRMs) and violence has long been a topic of intense public interest--an interest heavily fueled by multiple in
The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements
Language: en
Pages: 545
Authors: James R. Lewis
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-12 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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The study of New Religious Movements (NRMs) is one of the fastest-growing areas of religious studies, and since the release of the first edition of The Oxford H
Cults, Religion, and Violence
Language: en
Pages: 278
Authors: David G. Bromley
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-05-13 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This explores the question of when and why violence by and against new religious cults erupts and whether and how such dramatic conflicts can be foreseen, manag
A Historical Introduction to the Study of New Religious Movements
Language: en
Pages: 426
Authors: W. Michael Ashcraft
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-02-02 - Publisher: Routledge

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The American public’s perception of New Religious Movements (NRMs) as fundamentally harmful cults stems from the "anticult" movement of the 1970s, which gave
Triggers of Violence in New Religious Movements
Language: en
Pages: 72
Authors: Naval Postgraduate School
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-08-21 - Publisher: CreateSpace

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The research for this book has aimed at determining whether New Religious Movements (NRM) shared certain attributes (i.e., characteristics) that might help dete