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Title:

New religious movements and rapid social change / edited by James A. Beckford on behalf of Research Committee 22 of the International Sociological Association.

Publisher:

Unesco,
Unesco,

Copyright Date:

1986

Description:

xv, 247 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Religions.

Other Authors:

Beckford, James A.

Notes:

Includes bibliographies and index.

Contents:

Religious movements and counter-movements in North America / Robert Wuthnow -- New religious movements in Western Europe / James A. Beckford and Martine Levasseur -- The development of millennialistic thought in Japan's new religions / Susumu Shimazono -- Social change and movements of revitalization in contemporary Islam / Saïd Amir Arjomand -- A contemporary study of two new religious movements in the Republic of Korea / Syn-duk Choi -- New religious movements in the Caribbean / Laënnec Hurbon -- The social impact of Nigeria's new religious movements / Friday M. Mbon -- The cult of Hūniyan / Gananath Obeyesekere -- New Hindo religious movements in India / Arvind Sharma.

ISBN:

9780803980037
0803980035

LCCN:

86060924

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)