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Encyclopedia of New Religions: New religious movements, sects and alternative spiritualities Paperback – 22 Sept. 2006

by Christopher Partridge (Author)

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A comprehensive introduction to 200 of the most significant new religions and alternative spiritualities to have emerged in the last 100 years. Each group is categorised according to its religion of origin - those with roots in Judaism (e.g. Havurot Movement, Messianic Judaism), Christianity (e.g. Christian Science, Rastafarianism), Islam (e.g. Bah'ai), Hinduism (e.g. Sahaja Yoga), Buddism (e.g. Santi Asoke), Sikhism, Japanese religion (e.g. Omoto, Reiki), Chinese religion and philosophy (e.g. Feng Shui), Zoroastrianism, primal or pagan religion (e.g. Shamanism) and western culture (e.g. Scientology, Psychedelic spirituality).

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448 pages
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English
Publisher

Lion Books
Publication date

22 Sept. 2006
Dimensions

15.9 x 4.2 x 22.2 cm
ISBN-10

0745952194
ISBN-13

978-0745952192
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Christopher Partridge is Professor of Contemporary Religion at University College Chester.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lion Books; New edition (22 Sept. 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0745952194
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0745952192
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.9 x 4.2 x 22.2 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 1,718,790 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 2,146 in Religious Studies Encyclopaedias
- 2,617 in Comparative Religion

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Mr P G Abnett

Is what it says it is on the cover!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 1 April 2015

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Informative and clearly written, an indispensable guide to the variety of faith traditions and movements in our current age.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 14 November 2014

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very informative and clearly written

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Vexen Crabtree

Comprehensive book with excellent background material

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 18 July 2007

Hundreds of new religious movements are detailed, some from multiple points of view. They are organized geothematically (Western, Eastern, etc) and as such the book is easy to read from beginning to end, without finding yourself skipping suddenly from one worldview to another.

Most new religions spring from fusions of old ones, so, Partridge has supplied a masterly and comprehensive introduction to major religions and religious themes. Becuase of the excellent background material, you can read up on new religions without previously knowing anything about mainstream religion.

My favorite oddities are the so-called Cargo Cults: isolated island nations who come to devise rituals to worship planes, in order to be blessed with cargo.

This is not a flowery, rose-tinted view of modern religious history; it concentrates on the hard facts so you will find negative and positive aspects of religion described in a factual, referenced, impartial manner.

Scholars of religion and laymen who want nothing more than material for exasperated conversations down the pub, will both find much to absorb in this book!

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A great resource

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 31 December 2005

Glancing at the list of contriubutors assures the reader that what you are going to get is a comprehensive and learned guide, and that just what this is. It takes a dispassionate and non-judgemental tone and combines it with good scholarship.
For anyone interested in alternative or 'new' religions this is the book to get.

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