New religious movements and comparative religion:
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Beteiligte Personen: Hammer, Olav 1958- (VerfasserIn), Swartz-Hammer, Karen (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2024
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge elements. Elements in new religious movements
Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009029469
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009029469
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009029469
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009029469
Abstract:This Element provides an introduction to a number of less frequently explored approaches based upon the comparative study of religions. New religions convey origin myths, present their particular views of history, and craft Endtime scenarios. Their members carry out a vast and diverse array of ritual activities. They produce large corpuses of written texts and designate a subset of these as a sacrosanct canon. They focus their attention on material objects that can range from sacred buildings to objects from the natural world that are treated in ritualized fashion. The reason for this fundamental similarity between older and newer religions is briefly explored in terms of the cognitive processes that underlie religious concepts and practices. A final section returns to the issue of how such shared processes take specific shapes in the context of modern, Western societies.
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9781009029469
DOI:10.1017/9781009029469