Download or read book Les religions et les sectes written by Charles Delhez and published by . This book was released on 2002-01-29 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La société change, la place des religions en son sein également. Mondialisation et individualisation ont transformé le paysage religieux de nos pays. L'offre est aujourd'hui multiple et l'Eglise catholique, devenue minoritaire, doit apprendre à vivre dans un contexte pluraliste. Le temps de la chrétienté est décidément bien fini. On aurait pu croire que la modernité évacuerait la foi et les croyances. Il faut constater le contraire. Les progrès de la science et de la technique ont déçu l'homme intérieur et il cherche à assouvir sa soif de spiritualité en zappant un peu partout. Mais le label " religieux " peut cacher le meilleur et le pire. C'est ici que se pose la question des " sectes ".
Download or read book The World s Religions written by Peter Clarke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-01-14 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Gives an account of the history, the theological basis, the practice and the current state of the study of religion and religions throughout the world * Combines a clear and non-technical style of presentation with a structure and range of contributions which reflect the richness and complexity of religion itself, of the religions of the world and the study of religions * Comprehensive index, bibliographies and suggestions for further reading `Intriguing philosophical questions are raised about the nature of religion and the qualities needed for studying it.' - Times Higher Education Supplement `Excellent book ... remarkably successful, impressive as much for the sheer scale of the undertaking as for its consistent standard of analysis. It is a fine achievement which will serve both as a very suitable textbook for students and a reliable guide to the state of scholarship in the History and Study of Religions.' - Heythrop Journal
Download or read book La religion en miettes ou la question des sectes written by Danièle Hervieu-Léger and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Les livres sur les sectes ne manquent pas. Mais celui-ci est différent de tous les autres par son angle d'attaque. Tandis que l'on se contente d'habitude de dénoncer le danger qu'elles représentent, l'auteur pose ici la question : comment et pourquoi des sectes sont-elles possibles aujourd'hui ? En effet, elles sont impensables sans une redistribution globale du paysage contemporain de la croyance. Éclatement des grandes structures religieuses traditionnelles, exigence d'authenticité personnelle primant sur l'adhésion à un ensemble de dogmes, souci de décloisonnement confessionnel : tous ces traits incitent nos contemporains à se fabriquer une religion sur mesure, à " bricoler " des appartenances mêlant des éléments empruntés à des religions diverses, à préférer des communautés où l'accent est mis sur l'épanouissement individuel. En France, en outre, les dispositifs juridiques pour encadrer le religieux ont été conçus au début du siècle et pour le catholicisme. Ils sont complètement inadaptés à ces formes de croyance. Il ne s'agit plus de dénoncer le danger sectaire, mais de réviser la conception de la laïcité sur laquelle nous vivons et qui nous rend particulièrement démunis vis-à-vis des sectes.
Download or read book The World s Religions written by Peter B. Clarke and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2009-05-07 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive volume focuses on the world's religions and the changes they have undergone as they become more global and diverse in form. It explores the religions of the world not only in the regions with which they have been historically associated, but also looks at the new cultural and religious contexts in which they are developing. It considers the role of migration in the spread of religions by examining the issues raised for modern societies by the increasing interaction of different religions. The volume also addresses such central questions as the dynamics of religious innovation which is evidenced in the rise and impact of new religious and new spirituality movements in every continent.
Download or read book Dictionnaire des groupes religieux aujourd hui written by Jean Vernette (mgr) and published by Presses Universitaires de France - PUF. This book was released on 2001 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Un double mouvement affecte aujourd'hui les phénomènes religieux, spécialement en Occident : affaissement des religions officielles sous certains de leurs aspects institutionnels et jaillissement corrélatif de religions sauvages et de dissidences au sein des grandes Eglises. Parallèlement se manifeste un large mouvement de " retour du religieux ". Mais ce religieux est devenu éclaté et flottant, donnant naissance à de multiples groupes. L'ensemble constitue une mosaïque de mouvements anciens ou nouveaux qu'il n'est pas aisé d'identifier. Le présent dictionnaire, désormais accessible en format de poche, en propose un répertoire exhaustif donnant, sous forme de 450 brèves notices signalétiques et 900 références, les éléments essentiels de repérage pour chacune des dénominations existant aujourd'hui : origine et historique, doctrine et fonctionnement, références de diffusion. Il regroupe aussi bien les grandes religions et Eglises que les nouveaux mouvements religieux, les mouvements spiritualistes, les groupes de méditation, les " sectes ", avec un souci d'information scientifique et objective, sans porter de jugement de valeur sur les croyances.
Download or read book Sectes glises et religions written by Jean-Yves Leloup and published by Albin Michel. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Je suis un individu qui parle à d'autres individus, un individu qui, heureusement, sait un peu de quoi il parle. En matière de sectes, il m'a été donné de visiter et de demeurer auprès d'un certain nombre de leurs membres - qui ne se présentent d'ailleurs jamais comme étant une secte. En matière d'Eglises, il m'a été donné de m'engager dans l'Eglise orthodoxe, d'abord comme baptisé, puis comme prêtre. J'ai également bien connu l'Eglise catholique romaine, puisque après ma formation philosophique et théologique, j'y suis resté comme père dominicain pendant plus de quinze ans, et c'est dans ce contexte que me furent données un certain nombre de missions auprès des sectes dites dangereuses". En matière de religions, bien qu'enraciné dans le christianisme, je me suis toujours intéressé à ce qui pourrait alléger ou délivrer l'homme de sa souffrance et donner du sens à sa vie. Dans ce domaine, les religions orientales me semblèrent utiles et fécondes. Ces dernières années, de nombreux voyages en Israël-Palestine me permirent d'approfondir mes connaissances du judaïsme et de l'islam, et des conflits qui en découlent. La diversité de ces expériences et de ces rencontres m'autorise et m'invite à aborder ce thème avec circonspection, respect et esprit critique."
Download or read book The Future of Religion written by Rodney Stark and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion is alive and well in the modern world, and the social-scientific study of religion is undergoing a renaissance. For much of this century, respected social theorists predicted the death of religion as inevitable consequence of science, education, and modern economics. But they were wrong. Stark and Bainbridge set out to explain the survival of religion. Using information derived from numerous surveys, censuses, historical case studies, and ethnographic field expeditions, they chart the full sweep of contemporary religion from the traditional denominations to the most fervent cults. This wealth of information is located within a coherent theoretical framework that examines religion as a social response to human needs, both the general needs shared by all and the desires specific to those who are denied the economic rewards or prestige enjoyed by the privileged. By explaining the forms taken by religions today, Stark and Bainbridge allow us to understand its persistence in a secular age and its prospects for the future, This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1985. Religion is alive and well in the modern world, and the social-scientific study of religion is undergoing a renaissance. For much of this century, respected social theorists predicted the death of religion as inevitable consequence of science, education,
Download or read book Cults World Religions and You written by Kenneth Boa and published by Scripture Press Publishers. This book was released on 1977 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Guide to Cults New Religions written by and published by IVP Books. This book was released on 1983 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MacCollam -- Evaluating cults and new religions / LaVonne Neff.
Download or read book Cults Religion and Violence written by David G. Bromley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-05-13 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This explores the question of when and why violence by and against new religious cults erupts and whether and how such dramatic conflicts can be foreseen, managed and averted. The authors, leading international experts on religious movements and violent behavior, focus on the four major episodes of cult violence during the last decade: the tragic conflagration that engulfed the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas; the deadly sarin gas attack by the Aum Shinrikyo in Tokyo; the murder-suicides by the Solar Temple in Switzerland and Canada; and the collective suicide by the members of Heaven's Gate. They explore the dynamics leading to these dramatic episodes in North America, Europe, and Asia, and offer insights into the general relationship between violence and religious cults in contemporary society. The authors conclude that these events usually involve some combination of internal and external dynamics through which a new religious movement and society become polarized.
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Cults Sects and New Religions written by James R. Lewis and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2001-03 with total page 951 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surpassing the scope and the thoroughness of the first edition, this new edition of The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions is the most wide-ranging and accessible resource on the historically significant and more obscure, sinister, and bizarre religious groups. Including many entries by scholarly specialists, this volume explains more than 1,000 diverse groups and movements, from such well-known sects as the Branch Davidians, Aum Shinrikyo, and Heaven's Gate, to obscure groups like Ordo Templi Satanas, Witches International, and the Nudist Christian Church of the Blessed Virgin Jesus. In addition to an exhaustive index and handy cross-references, the second edition includes over a hundred new topical entries on subjects relevant to understanding sectarian movements, from snake-handling and satanic ritual abuse to brainwashing and exorcism.This book, a must for all libraries and schools, will endure as the first and only point of reference for researchers, scholars, students, and anyone interested in fringe religious groups.
Download or read book Controversial New Religions written by James R. Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by established scholars as well as younger experts in their field, this updated and revised second edition of Controversial New Religions offers a scholarly, dispassionate look at the new religious groups that have generated the most attention in the media and general public.
Download or read book The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions written by Ron Rhodes and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-08-30 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cults and New Religions Aren’t Hard to FindThey’re in your neighborhood . . . your workplace . . . your school . . . maybe even your family.Cults are flourishing across America. Chances are, you’ve encountered one, perhaps even know someone who is involved in a cult. Can you discuss knowledgably the critical differences between Christianity and the teachings of Mormonism, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Scientology, the New Age movement, Hindu-based cults, and other prominent groups and religious movements? In this essential resource, preeminent cult authority Ron Rhodes explains what cults are, why they are cause for concern, and why in the 21st century, as never before, their numbers and memberships are exploding nationally and worldwide. Drawing on his extensive experience as a cult researcher, Rhodes offers to-the-point, cutting-edge information on twelve major cults and new religions:MormonismJehovah’s WitnessesMind SciencesNew Age MovementChurch of ScientologyHindu-based CultsUnification ChurchBaha’i FaithUnitarian UniversalismOneness PentecostalismMasonic LodgeSatanismLearning the distinctives of these groups will equip you to deal with any of the thousands of other less significant cults you may encounter. The Challenge of the Cults and New Religion includes Color photosScripture IndexSubject IndexGlossaryBibliographyAnd your resources don’t end at the last page. You can supplement your knowledge whenever you choose by visiting the author’s Web site at www.ronrhodes.org for free, thorough, up-to-the-minute information on each cult discussed in the book.If you’re concerned for the temporal and eternal welfare of others, The Challenge of the Cults is a must. It will help you confront the deception of false Christs and lying doctrines with the clear, well-grounded truth of biblical Christianity.
Download or read book Exploring New Religions written by George D. Chryssides and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1999 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On comparative religion
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Cults and New Religions written by John Ankerberg and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brief synopses of more than 30 influential groups, including the Integral Yoga Institute, Tibetan Buddhism, and the Human Potential movement, are also covered. Each major group is contrasted with traditional biblical teachings for easy comparison and study. Straightforward organization and clearly marked sections make [this book] easy to use. Other helpful features include: brief summaries of basic tenants and sources of authority; helpful charts for quick reference; an in-depth doctrinal appendix for further study..." -- BACK COVER.
Download or read book The Faiths of the World written by James Gardner and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-07 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Faiths of the World: A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Sects; Their Doctrines, Rites, Ceremonies and Customs Preco (lat., a herald), a name sometimes applied in the ancient Christian church to the Deacon, from the circumstance that he dictated to the people the usual forms of prayer in which they were to join, and acted as their director and guide in all the other parts of Divine service. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of American Religions written by J. Gordon Melton and published by Gale Research International, Limited. This book was released on 1989 with total page 1186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of creeds, confessions, statements of faith, and summaries of doctrine of religious and spiritual groups in the United States and Canada.
