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New Religions As Global Cultures: Making The Human Sacred

New Religions As Global Cultures: Making The Human Sacred

Hexham, Irving
Poewe, Karla

Paperback

Series: Explorations; Contemporary Perspectives on Religion

Comparative ReligionReligion General

ISBN10: 0813325080
ISBN13: 9780813325088
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Apr 4 1997
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.02 Depth: 9.01
Language: English
Although the Great Anti-Cult Crusade links new religious movements to dangerous cults, brainwashing, and the need for deprogramming, Karla Poewe and Irving Hexham argue that many cults are the product of a dynamic interaction between folk religions and the teachings of traditional world religions. Drawing on examples from Africa, the United States, Asia, and Europe, they suggest that few new religions are really new. Most draw on rich, if localized, cultural traditions that are shaped anew by the influence of technological change and international linkages. With the widespread loss of belief in biblical mythology in the nineteenth century, new mythologies based on science and elements derived from various non-Western religious traditions emerged, leading to the growth and popularity of new religions and cults.

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