Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements

New Religious Movements (NRMs) can involve vast numbers of followers and in many cases are radically changing the way people understand and practice religion and spirituality. Moreover, many are having a profound impact on the form and content of mainstream religion. The Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements contains entries on over three hundred movements from almost every country in the world. Coverage includes movements that derive from the major religions of the world and neo-traditional movements, movements often overlooked in the study of NRMs. In addition to the coverage of particular movements there are also entries on topics, themes, key thinkers and key ideas, for example the New Age Movement, Neo-Paganism, New Religion and gender, NRMs and cyberspace, NRMs and the law, the Anti-Cult Movement, Swedenborg, Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, Lovelock, Gurdjieff, al-Banna, Qutb. All the entries are cross-referenced with short bibliographies for further reading. The most ambitious publication of its sort, set apart by its unique global approach and comprehensiveness, the Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements is a major addition to the reference literature for students and researchers of the field in religious studies and the social sciences.Clarke, Peter B. is the author of 'Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements', published 2008 under ISBN 9780415453837 and ISBN 0415453836.