Sexuality and New Religious Movements

Sexuality and New Religious Movements
ISBN-10
1137409622
ISBN-13
9781137409621
Category
Religion
Pages
252
Language
English
Published
2014-11-26
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Authors
James R. Lewis, Henrik Bogdan

Description

Issues relating to sexuality, eroticism and gender are often connected to religious beliefs and practices, but also to prejudices against and fear of religious groups that adopt alternative approaches to sexuality. This is especially apparent in connection with new religious movements, which many times find themselves accused by the media and anti-cultists of promoting illicit and controversial views on sexuality. This anthology aims to critically investigate the role of sexuality in a number of new religious movements, including Mormon fundamentalist communities, the Branch Davidians, the Osho movement, the Raël movement, contemporary Wicca and Satanism, in addition to the teachings of Adidam and Gurdjieff on sexuality.

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