03141nam a2200397Ia 4500 ocn438824036 OCoLC 20200709055223.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 090924s2009 enka sb 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9780511580710 (electronic bk.) 0511580711 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)438824036 284323 (N$T) BL65.H5 S33 2009eb 209 22 N$TA Sacred schisms [electronic resource] : how religions divide / edited by James R. Lewis, Sarah M. Lewis. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. xi, 338 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction / James R. Lewis and Sarah Lewis -- Part I: Theoretical overview -- Understanding schisms : theoretical explanations for their origins / Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle -- Part II: Survey of schisms in selected traditions -- Charismatic authority in Islam : an analysis of the cause of schisms in the ummah / Ron Geaves -- Schisms in Buddhism / Alan Cole -- Schisms in Japanese new religious movements / Robert Kisala -- Part III: Christian traditions -- Finishing the mystery : the watch tower and 'the 1917 schism' / George D. Chryssides -- Challenges to charismatic authority in the unificationist movement / David G. Bromley and Rachel S. Bobbitt -- Persecution and schismogenesis : how a penitential crisis over mass apostasy facilitated the triumph of Catholic Christianity in the Roman Empire / Joseph M. Bryant -- Part IV: Western esoteric traditions -- Church universal and triumphant : shelter, succession and schism / Susan J. Palmer and Michael Abravanel -- Schism and consolidation : the case of the theosophical movement / Olav Hammer -- Satanists and nuts : the role of schisms in modern satanism / Jesper Aagaard Petersen -- Schism as midwife : how conflict aided the birth of a contemporary pagan community / Murphy Pizza -- Part V: Non-western/postcolonial traditions -- Succession, religious switching, and schism in the Hare Krishna Movement / E. Burke Rochford, Jr. -- Schisms within Hindu guru groups : the Transcendental Meditation movement in North America / Cynthia Ann Humes -- Schism in Babylon : colonialism, Afro-Christianity, and Rastafari / Christopher Partridge. Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. Religion History. Schism. Electronic books. local Lewis, James R. Lewis, Sarah M. NetLibrary, Inc. Original 9780521881470 0521881471 (DLC) 2009000048 (OCoLC)244768198 Bibliographic record display http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=284323 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information cpp3165 02 N$T 49564 49564