Researching new religious movements
Subtitle: responses and redefinitions
By: Elisabeth Arweck.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 446
Subjects: Cults -- Germany; Religion and sociology -- Germany; Cults -- Great Britain; Religion and sociology -- Great Britain
Notes: English and German.
Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: What this book is about; title: Milestones in a reseach itinerary; title: Institutions and institutional knowledge; title: Institutions; title: Institutional knowledge; title: Sketching in the cultural background; title: The contours of religious cultures; title: The contours of academic cultures; title: The "anti-cult" movement's response; title: The ACM response in Britain : the case of FAIR; title: The ACM response in German : the case of Elterninitiative; title: The response of the mainstream churches; title: The response of the Church of England; title: The response of the Protestant Church in German; title: Evangelische Zentrallstelle für Weltanschauungsfragen (EZW); title: Pastor Friedrich-Wilhelm Haack and Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Religions- und Weltanschuungsfragen; title: The response of the Roman Catholic Church; title: Conclusions.