New Religious Movements and Comparative Religion
Seiten
2024
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-01459-5 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-01459-5 (ISBN)
This Element provides an introduction to a number of less frequently explored approaches based upon the comparative study of religions. The reason for the fundamental similarity between older and newer religions is briefly explored.
This Element provides an introduction to a number of less frequently explored approaches based upon the comparative study of religions. New religions convey origin myths, present their particular views of history, and craft Endtime scenarios. Their members carry out a vast and diverse array of ritual activities. They produce large corpuses of written texts and designate a subset of these as a sacrosanct canon. They focus their attention on material objects that can range from sacred buildings to objects from the natural world that are treated in ritualized fashion. The reason for this fundamental similarity between older and newer religions is briefly explored in terms of the cognitive processes that underlie religious concepts and practices. A final section returns to the issue of how such shared processes take specific shapes in the context of modern, Western societies.
This Element provides an introduction to a number of less frequently explored approaches based upon the comparative study of religions. New religions convey origin myths, present their particular views of history, and craft Endtime scenarios. Their members carry out a vast and diverse array of ritual activities. They produce large corpuses of written texts and designate a subset of these as a sacrosanct canon. They focus their attention on material objects that can range from sacred buildings to objects from the natural world that are treated in ritualized fashion. The reason for this fundamental similarity between older and newer religions is briefly explored in terms of the cognitive processes that underlie religious concepts and practices. A final section returns to the issue of how such shared processes take specific shapes in the context of modern, Western societies.
1. Introduction; 2. Myths; 3. Rituals; 4. Material objects in new religious movements; 5. Texts; 6. New religions in comparative perspective; References.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.02.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Elements in New Religious Movements |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 150 x 228 mm |
| Gewicht | 130 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-01459-5 / 1009014595 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-01459-5 / 9781009014595 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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