Sacred schisms : how religions divide

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Sacred schisms : how religions divide

edited by James R. Lewis and Sarah M. Lewis

Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • Understanding schisms : theoretical explanations for their origins / Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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  • NCID
    BA90744665
  • ISBN
    • 9780521881470
  • LCCN
    2009000048
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge, England
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 338 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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