ISBN:
0521881471
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9780521881470
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 338 S.
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graph. Darst.
,
24 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Gallagher, Eugene V. Review: Sacred Schisms: How Religions Divide, by James R. Lewis and Sarah M. Lewis 2011
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Sacred schisms
DDC:
209
Keywords:
Religion History
;
Religion History
;
Schism
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Schisma
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Introduction / James R. Lewis and Sarah Lewis -- Part I: Theoretical overview -- Understanding schisms : theoretical explanations for their origins / Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle -- Part II: Survey of schisms in selected traditions -- Charismatic authority in Islam : an analysis of the cause of schisms in the ummah / Ron Geaves -- Schisms in Buddhism / Alan Cole -- Schisms in Japanese new religious movements / Robert Kisala -- Part III: Christian traditions -- Finishing the mystery : the watch tower and 'the 1917 schism' / George D. Chryssides -- Challenges to charismatic authority in the unificationist movement / David G. Bromley and Rachel S. Bobbitt -- Persecution and schismogenesis : how a penitential crisis over mass apostasy facilitated the triumph of Catholic Christianity in the Roman Empire / Joseph M. Bryant -- Part IV: Western esoteric traditions -- Church universal and triumphant : shelter, succession and schism / Susan J. Palmer and Michael Abravanel -- Schism and consolidation : the case of the theosophical movement / Olav Hammer -- Satanists and nuts : the role of schisms in modern satanism / Jesper Aagaard Petersen -- Schism as midwife : how conflict aided the birth of a contemporary pagan community / Murphy Pizza -- Part V: Non-western/postcolonial traditions -- Succession, religious switching, and schism in the Hare Krishna Movement / E. Burke Rochford, Jr. -- Schisms within Hindu guru groups : the Transcendental Meditation movement in North America / Cynthia Ann Humes -- Schism in Babylon : colonialism, Afro-Christianity, and Rastafari / Christopher Partridge
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Introduction
,
Part I: Theoretical overview ; Understanding schisms : theoretical explanations for their origins
,
Part II: Survey of schisms in selected traditions ; Charismatic authority in Islam : an analysis of the cause of schisms in the ummah
,
Schisms in Buddhism
,
Schisms in Japanese new religious movements
,
Part III: Christian traditions ; Finishing the mystery : the watch tower and 'the 1917 schism'
,
Challenges to charismatic authority in the unificationist movement
,
Persecution and schismogenesis : how a penitential crisis over mass apostasy facilitated the triumph of Catholic Christianity in the Roman Empire
,
Part IV: Western esoteric traditions ; Church universal and triumphant : shelter, succession and schism
,
Schism and consolidation : the case of the theosophical movement
,
Satanists and nuts : the role of schisms in modern satanism
,
Schism as midwife : how conflict aided the birth of a contemporary pagan community
,
Part V: Non-western/postcolonial traditions ; Succession, religious switching, and schism in the Hare Krishna Movement
,
Schisms within Hindu guru groups : the Transcendental Meditation movement in North America
,
Schism in Babylon : colonialism, Afro-Christianity, and Rastafari
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