Routledge New Religions
About the Book Series
The popularity and significance of New Religious Movements is reflected in the explosion of related articles and books now being published. This series offers an invaluable resource and lasting contribution to the field.
The Art of Living Foundation: Spirituality and Wellbeing in the Global Context
1st Edition
By Stephen Jacobs
March 29, 2017
The Hindu-derived meditation movement, The Art of Living (AOL), founded in 1981 by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in Bangalore, has grown into a global organization which claims presence in more than 150 countries. Stephen Jacobs presents the first comprehensive study of AOL as an important transnational ...
The New Generation Witches: Teenage Witchcraft in Contemporary Culture
1st Edition
By Peg Aloi, Hannah E. Johnston
January 27, 2017
From the shelves of mainstream bookstores and the pages of teen magazines, to popular films and television series, contemporary culture at the turn of the twenty-first century has been fascinated with teenage identity and the presence of magic and the occult. Alongside this profusion of products ...
Contemporary Religious Satanism: A Critical Anthology
1st Edition
Edited
By Jesper Aagaard Petersen
December 07, 2016
The Church of Satan was founded by Anton LaVey on April 30, 1966. In his hands, Satan became a provocative symbol for indulgence, vital existence, natural wisdom and the human being's true animal nature. At present, religious Satanism exists primarily as a decentralized subculture with a strong ...
The Nuwaubian Nation: Black Spirituality and State Control
1st Edition
By Susan Palmer
November 28, 2016
The Nuwaubian Nation takes the reader on a journey into an African-American spiritual movement. The United Nuwaubian Nation has changed shape since its inceptions in the 1970s, transforming from a Black Hebrew mystery school into a Muslim utopian community in Brooklyn, N.Y.; from an Egyptian theme ...
The Order of the Solar Temple: The Temple of Death
1st Edition
Edited
By James R. Lewis
September 06, 2016
In October 1994, fifty-three members of the Order of the Solar Temple in Switzerland and Québec were murdered or committed suicide. This incident and two later group suicides in subsequent years played a pivotal role in inflaming the cult controversy in Europe, influencing the public to support ...