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| Titre : | New Religious Movements and the Churches |
| Auteurs : | Allan Brockway, Éditeur scientifique ; J. Paul Rajashekar, Éditeur scientifique |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Genève [Suisse] : World Council of Churches (WCC), 1987 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-2-8254-0890-2 |
| Format : | xix + 200 p. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | NA/C (Religions actuelles) |
| Résumé : |
The new religious movements have had an enormous impact on societies around the world. They continue to challenge their social, cultural and religious traditions and win converts and devotees. What are these movements? How do they function? How may they be understood? How should the churches respond to them?
The new religious movements “may be constructive or destructive, can lead to a new freedom or new enslavement, can depersonalize individuals or reveal their fuller human potential, can depend on religious faith or on new rituals equivalent to magic and the occult, can reclaim the drug addict and encourage virtuous lives or exhibit immoral and demonic features”. But if we are to follow the way of Jesus, that of “barrier-breaking and not barrier-building”, these movements must challenge us to dialogue — a dialogue that does not exclude criticism. These and related issues were discussed at a consultation jointly sponsored by the World Council of Churches and the Lutheran World Federation. The book brings together the papers presented at the consultation and its findings and recommendations. |
| Note de contenu : |
- Preface (Allan R. Brockway and J. Paul Rajashekar)
- Introduction (J. Paul Rajashekar) PART I. UNDERSTANDING NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS - A Global Phenomenon (Harold Turner) - Contemporary New Religions in the West (Reinhart Hummel) - The New Religious Situation in Japan (Shinji Kanai) PART II. SOME ASPECTS OF NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS - The World-view/Cosmology of the New Religious Movements (Johannes Aagaard) - The Emergence of a New Religiosity in the Western World (Jean-François Mayer) - Bringing Them In: Some Observations on Methods of Recruitment Employed by New Religious Movements (Eileen Barker) - A Response (Rüdiger Hauth) - Religious Liberty and Socio-political Values: Legal Threats to Conversion in the United States (Dean M. Kelley) PART III. RESPONDING TO NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS - Churches’ Response to Innovative Religious Movements of the Past (Reender Kranenborg) - A Response (Friday M. Mbon) - Response of the Churches to New Religious Movements: a Report from North America (Diana L. Eck) - Dialogue with New Religious Movements? (Kenneth Cracknell) Appendices - Summary Statement and Recommendations - Sects or New Religious Movements: Pastoral Challenge - List of Participants - Contributors |
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| Code-barres | Cote | Support | Localisation | Section | Disponibilité |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA/C 019 | NA/C 019 | Livre | Bibliothèque principale | Livres empruntables | Prêt possible Disponible |
