New religious movements and rapid social change
By: edited by James A. Beckford on behalf of Research Committee 22 of the International Sociological Association.
Contributors: Beckford, James A.; International Sociological Association. Research Committee 22.
Publisher: Sage Publications; Unesco; SAGE Publications Ltd
Published: 1986
Place of publication: London; Beverly Hills, Calif; Paris, France
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: Religions
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Religious movements and counter-movements in North America / Robert Wuthnow; title: New religious movements in Western Europe / James A. Beckford and Martine Levasseur; title: The development of millennialistic thought in Japan's new religions / Susumu Shimazono; title: Social change and movements of revitalization in contemporary Islam / Saïd Amir Arjomand; title: A contemporary study of two new religious movements in the Republic of Korea / Syn-duk Choi; title: New religious movements in the Caribbean / Laënnec Hurbon; title: The social impact of Nigeria's new religious movements / Friday M. Mbon; title: The cult of Hūniyan / Gananath Obeyesekere; title: New Hindo religious movements in India / Arvind Sharma.