Sacred schisms
Subtitle: how religions divide
By: [edited by] James R. Lewis, Sarah Lewis.
Contributors: Lewis, James R.; Lewis, Sarah.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780521881470
Subjects: Religion -- History; Schism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / James R. Lewis and Sarah Lewis; title: Part I: Theoretical overview; title: Understanding schisms : theoretical explanations for their origins / Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle; title: Part II: Survey of schisms in selected traditions; title: Charismatic authority in Islam : an analysis of the cause of schisms in the ummah / Ron Geaves; title: Schisms in Buddhism / Alan Cole; title: Schisms in Japanese new religious movements / Robert Kisala; title: Part III: Christian traditions; title: Finishing the mystery : the watch tower and 'the 1917 schism' / George D. Chryssides; title: Challenges to charismatic authority in the unificationist movement / David G. Bromley and Rachel S. Bobbitt; title: Persecution and schismogenesis : how a penitential crisis over mass apostasy facilitated the triumph of Catholic Christianity in the Roman Empire / Joseph M. Bryant; title: Part IV: Western esoteric traditions; title: Church universal and triumphant : shelter, succession and schism / Susan J. Palmer and Michael Abravanel; title: Schism and consolidation : the case of the theosophical movement / Olav Hammer; title: Satanists and nuts : the role of schisms in modern satanism / Jesper Aagaard Petersen; title: Schism as midwife : how conflict aided the birth of a contemporary pagan community / Murphy Pizza; title: Part V: Non-western/postcolonial traditions; title: Succession, religious switching, and schism in the Hare Krishna Movement / E. Burke Rochford, Jr.; title: Schisms within Hindu guru groups : the Transcendental Meditation Movement in North America / Cynthia Ann Humes; title: Schism in Babylon : colonialism, Afro-Christianity, and Rastafari / Christopher Partridge.