New religious movements in global perspective
Subtitle: a study of religious change in the modern world
By: Peter B. Clarke.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
Subjects: Religions -- History -- 20th century; Religions -- History -- 21st century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Global perspective, new age, and society's response; title: New religious movements : a global perspective; title: The new age movement (NAM) : alternative or mainstream?; title: Accounting for hostility to new religious movements; title: Part II: New religions in the west; title: New religious movements in Europe; title: New religious movements in North America; title: New religious movements in Australia, New Zealand and Melanesia (New Guinea); title: Part III: the new religions of the Middle-East, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean; title: New Islamic movements in North Africa and the Middle-East; title: New religious movements in Africa South of the Sahara; title: New religious movements in South and Central America and the Carribean; title: Part IV: new religions of South, Southeast and East Asia; title: New religious movements in South Asia (India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka); title: NRMs in South East Asia (Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia); title: East Asia (1): Japanese new religious movements; title: East Asia (2): new religious movements in Japan, Taiwan and Korea; title: Part V: conclusions; title: Conclusion: the uncertain impact of old and new religions.