Comprehending cults : the sociology of new religious movements /

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Main Author: Dawson, Lorne L., 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:Don Mills, Ont. ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Edition:Second edition.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [216]-257) and index. 
505 0 |a 1. Why study new religious movements? -- The cults in our midst -- The hostility towards cults -- Box 1. They come in all shapes and sizes -- Responding to the suspicions of the public -- 2. What are new religious movements? -- Religion and its continuing significance -- Churches, sects, and cults -- Creating a typology of cults -- Box 2. How new religious movements change with success -- 3. Why did new religious movements emerge? -- Asking the right question first -- New religious movements as a response to cultural change -- Box 3. Three models of cult formation -- New religious movements as an expression of cultural continuity -- Concluding remarks -- 4. Who joins new religious movements and why? -- The stereotypes -- Getting involved with new religious movements -- The social attributes of those who join -- Box 4. Why are American converts to new religious movements disproportionately Jewish? -- Some reasons for joining -- 5. Are converts to new religious movements 'brainwashed'? -- The issue and its significance -- The case against the cults -- The case against brainwashing -- Box 5. The active versus passive convert -- Reformulating the issues in the brainwashing debate -- 6. Why are new religious movements so often accused of sexual deviance? -- Sexual deviance and the cults -- Box 6. Child abuse and the social control of NRMs -- Gender matters -- 7. Why do some new religious movements become violent? -- Responding to recent 'cult' tragedies -- Apocalyptic beliefs -- Charismatic leadership -- Social encapsulation -- Box 7. Surviving the failure of apocalyptic prophecies -- Concluding remarks -- 8. What is the cultural significance of new religious movements? -- Our skewed perspective -- Modernism and the new religious movements -- Box 8. Factors affecting the success of NRMs -- Postmodernism and the new religious movements -- NRMs : anti-modern, modern, or postmodern? -- Concluding remarks. 
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