Philosophical Explorations of New and Alternative Religious Movements (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Luck, Morgan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first collection of philosophical essays, by a team of international authors, focusing on new and alternative religious movements. The book begins with an examination of the definition of new religious movements, before offering an introduction to, and an analysis of, core beliefs held by particular movements. Contributors offer an analysis of one or more of the core tenets of the religious movement, providing readers with both an insight into the group and the methodology of philosophy of religion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317081159
• Artikelnr.: 49335885

Autorenporträt

Morgan Luck is a senior lecturer in philosophy at Charles Sturt University and a senior research fellow of the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE). He completed his PhD in Philosophy at the University of Nottingham and a PGCE in Religious Education at the University of Cambridge. His areas of research include philosophy of religion and applied ethics.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Philosophy and New and Alternative Religious Movements
MorganLuck; Chapter 2 New Religious Movements
George D.Chryssides; Chapter 3 Religious Naturalism
BeverleyClack
DanO'Brien; Chapter 4 New Atheism
JohnBishop; Chapter 5 The Word of Faith Movement
AndrewFisher; Chapter 6 A Guru-Disciple Tradition
MichaelisMichael
John PaulHealy; Chapter 7 Scientology
Brian D.Smith; Chapter 8 Raelianism
MorganLuck; Chapter 9 Mormonism
WylieBreckenridge; Chapter 10 Digital Theology
EricSteinhart; Chapter 11 The Arica School
Andrew J.Dell'Olio;