America's Alternative Religions

Description

This is a single-volume source of reliable information on the most important alternative religions, covering for each such essentials as history, theology, impact on the culture, and current status. The chapters of the book were written by experts who study the movements they have written about.
Introduction

Timothy Miller

Part I.  Established Christian Alternatives

1  The Anabaptists

Donald F. Durnbaugh

2  Symbol and Sign in Methodist Holiness and Pentecostal Spirituality

Charles Edwin Jones

3  The Adventist and Jehovah's Witness Branch of Protestantism

Jerry Bergman

4  The Latter Day Saint Churches

Steven L. Shields

5  Christian Science and American Culture

John K. Simmons

6  On the Verge: The Evolution of American Quakerism

Margaret Hope Bacon

7  Swedenborgianism

Eugene Taylor

8  Unitarian Universalism: An Interpretation Through Its History

Mason Olds

Part II.  Contemporary Christian and Jewish Movements

9  Roman Catholic Traditionalism

William Dinges

10  Hasidism and Its Effects on Alternative Jewish Movements in America

S. Daniel Breslauer

11  God and Race: British-Israelism and Christian Identity

William L. Ingram

12  The Children of God

David E. Van Zandt

13  The Boston Church of Christ

Russell Paden

14  From Holy Order of MANS to Christ the Savior Brotherhood: The Radical Transformation of an Esoteric Christian Order

Phillip Lucas

15  The Branch Davidians: A Social Profile and Organizational History

David G. Bromley and Edward D. Silver

Part III.  Religions from Asia

16  Buddhism in America: The Dharma in the Land of the Red Man

Jane Hurst

17  Hinduism Arrives in America: The Vedanta Movement and the Self-Realization Fellowship

Catherine Wessinger

18  Hindu Movements Since Mid-Century: Yogis in the States

Gene R. Thursby

19  Hare Krishna in America: Growth, Decline, and Accommodation

E. Burke Rochford, Jr.

20  The Unification Church

Eileen Barker

Part IV.  Religions from the Middle East

21  Expressions of Islam in America

Gisela Webb 

22  The American Bahá'í Community in the Nineties

Robert H. Stockman

23  Sufism in America

Gisela Webb

24  Gurdjieff in America: An Overview

George Baker and Walter Driscoll

25  Subud

Gisela Webb

Part V.  African-American Freedom Movements

26  Black Jews and Black Muslims

Timothy Miller

27  Father Divine's Peace Mission Movement

Robert Weisbrot

28  Santería and Vodou in the United States

Joseph M. Murphy

29  The Rastafari Abroad

Barry Chevannes

30  Peoples Temple

John R. Hall

Part VI.  Ancient Wisdom and New Age Movements

31  Theosophy

Robert S. Ellwood

32  New Thought and the Harmonial Family

Gail Harley

33  Spiritualism and Channeling

Shawn Michael Trimble

34  Neo-Paganism and Witchcraft

Carol Matthews

35  Whither the New Age?

J. Gordon Melton<

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 juillet 1995
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781438413112
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 49 Mo

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