Spiritual and Visionary Communities

Out to Save the World
Herausgeber: Miller, Timothy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Spiritual and Visionary Communities provides a balanced introduction to a diverse range of communities worldwide. Focusing on communities which have had little previous academic or public attention, the authors explore a part of contemporary society that is rarely understood. Communities studied include: Israeli kibbutzim, Mandarom, the Twelve Tribes, 'The Farm' and the Camphill movement. Written from a range of perspectives, this collection includes contributions from members of the groups, former members and academic observers, and as such will offer a unique and invaluable discussion of religious and spiritual communities in the U.S., Europe and beyond.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781409439028
• ISBN-10: 140943902X
• Artikelnr.: 47708759

Autorenporträt

Timothy Miller has thirty years' experience in the study of new religious movements, with a special focus on communal groups.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Persistence Over Millennia: The Perennial Presence of
Intentional Communities, Timothy Miller; Chapter 1 Damanhur: Sustaining
Changes in an Intentional Community, Etta M. Madden; Chapter 2 Mandarom and
the Limitations on Liberté in the Laïcité, Susan J. Palmer; Chapter 3
Henpecked to Heaven? My Life in a Brahma Kumaris Retreat Center, Neville
Hodgkinson; Chapter 4 Realizing the Guru's Intention: Hungry Humans and
Awkward Animals in a New Kadampa Tradition Community 1 The New Kadampa
Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU) will be
shortened to NKT and Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, its founder, will be called
Geshe-la or Gyatso., Carol McQuire; Chapter 5 Tamera, a Model for the
Future, Leila Dregger; Chapter 6 Spirituality in the Camphill Villages, Jan
Martin Bang; Chapter 7 The Farm, Albert Bates; Chapter 8 A Tradition of
Innovation and the Innovation of Tradition: The Cultural Developments of
the Twelve Tribes Community, Torang Asadi; Chapter 9 The Family
International: The Evolution of a Communal Society, Claire Borowik; Chapter
10 How Many Arks Does It Take?, Chris Coates; Chapter 11 Religious Communes
in America: An Overview, Timothy Miller; Chapter 12 The Intersection of
White-Racist Communes and the American Legal System, H.C. Lazebnik; Chapter
13 Communes and Kibbutzim: Towards a Comparison, Henry Near;