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ix, 196 pages : illustration ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Introduction. The demise of religions : or do religions end? / Michael Stausberg -- How religions end : terms and types / Stuart A. Wright, Michael Stausberg, Carole M. Cusack -- When does a sacrifice become "Just Meat"? : a sketch for a theory of how religions stop working / joel Robbins -- Did Aum Shinrikyō really end? / Erica Baffelli -- The dissolution of a religous community : the case of Knutby Filiadelfia in Sweden / Liselotte Frisk -- Demise and persistence : religion after the loss of "Direct Divine Control" in the Panacea Society / Alastair Lockhart -- Denominationalization or death? : comparing processes of change within the Jesus Fellowship Church and the Children of God aka the Family International / Eileen Barker -- The fall of Mars Hill Church in Seattle / how online counter-narratives catalyzed change / Jessica Johnson -- Playing the religion card : the creation and dissolution of Rajneeshism / Michael Stausberg -- State actions in Western democracies leading to the dissolution of religious communities / Stuart A. Wright -- Mass suicides and mass homicides : collective violence and demise of new religious movements / Carol M. Cusack, James R. Lewis |
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"Why do religions fail or die? Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this book explores this important question that has received little scholarly attention to date. International contributors provide case studies from the United States, England, Sweden, Japan, New Guinea, and France resulting in a work that explores processes of attenuation, disintegration, transmutation, death, and extinction across cultures. These include: instances where mass suicides or homicides resulted in religious dissolution; the fall of Mars Hills Church and its larger-than-life megachurch pastor, accused of plagiarism and bullying in 2012; the death of the last member of the Panacea Society in England in 2012; and the disintegration of Knutby Filadelfia, a religious community in Sweden with Pentecostal roots that ceased to exist in May 2018 after a pastor shot his wife"-- Provided by publisher |
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Religion and sociology -- Case studies
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Religions -- History -- Case studies
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Religion and culture -- History -- Case studies
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Religion -- Philosophy -- Case studies
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Irreligion -- Case studies
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Sociologie religieuse -- Études de cas
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Religions -- Histoire -- Études de cas
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Religion et culture -- Histoire -- Études de cas
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Religion -- Philosophie -- Études de cas
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Irréligion -- Études de cas
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Irreligion. fast (OCoLC)fst00979491
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Religion and culture. fast (OCoLC)fst01093823
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Religion and sociology. fast (OCoLC)fst01093858
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Religion -- Philosophy.
fast (OCoLC)fst01093794
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Religions. fast (OCoLC)fst01093898
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Case studies. fast (OCoLC)fst01423765
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History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Stausberg, Michael, editor
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Wright, Stuart A., editor
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Cusack, Carole M., 1962- editor
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