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  • The Study of Religion

    An Introduction to Key Ideas and Methods

    This updated textbook unravels the complex issues related to methodology and theory in the study of religion. It equips students with the knowledge needed for the academic study of religion, explaining the history of the methodology, including ideas of key theorists, and discusses key issues in the field, such as gender, phenomenology, and the insider/outsider discourse.Updated throughout, ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • Fieldwork in New Religious Movements

    Series series Elements in New Religious Movements
    New religious movements are often described as bizarre and sinister. Direct acquaintance, however, often gives a different impression from media portrayals and even from some academic writing. After decades of undertaking fieldwork, the author George Chryssides discusses his experiences, as well as studies by other scholars, and the issues that fieldwork involves. How do one's personal beliefs and ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • The Covid Pandemic and the World’s Religions

    Challenges and Responses

    Believers from a variety of faith communities were asked to assess how the Covid pandemic has affected their faith. The anthology collects their responses to key questions, such as:· How does your faith explain why such events occur?· How has it affected your religious practices?· What changes has it necessitated?· What differences might we expect once the pandemic is over?· What have we learned ... Read more

    $23.89 USD

  • Jehovah’s Witnesses

    A New Introduction

    What would happen if I accepted an invitation to Bible Study from Jehovah's Witnesses? What would attending a Kingdom Hall meeting involve? And if I invited door-knocking Witnesses into my home?This book introduces Jehovah's Witnesses without assuming prior knowledge of the Watch Tower organization. After outlining the Society's origins and history, the book explains their key beliefs and ... Read more

    $28.19 USD

  • Contested Concepts in the Study of Religion

    A Critical Exploration

    This book offers a clear, concise introduction to the meaning of problematic terms, and the ways in which they should legitimately be used. Each entry considers the following:– Why is this concept problematic?– What are the origins of the concept?– How is it used or misused, and by whom?– Is it still a legitimate concept in the study of religion and, if so, what are its legitimate uses?– Are there ... Read more

    $28.19 USD

  • Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses

    Series series Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series
    Originating from a small group of Bible students who met under Charles Taze Russell’s leadership and grew into an international Society, to which the second leader Joseph Franklin Rutherford and gave the name ‘Jehovah’s Witnesses’. Two World Wars shaped Watch Tower attitudes to civil government, armed conflict, and medical innovations such as blood transfusion, as well as to mainstream churches. ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • Jehovah's Witnesses

    Continuity and Change

    Series series Routledge New Religions
    From its origins in nineteenth century Adventism until the present day, the Watch Tower Society has become one of the best known but least understood new religious movements. Resisting the tendency to define the movement in terms of the negative, this volume offers an empathetic account of the Jehovah's Witnesses, without defending or seeking to refute their beliefs. George Chryssides critically ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Minority Religions in Europe and the Middle East

    Mapping and Monitoring

    Edited by George D. Chryssides ...
    Series series Routledge Inform Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements
    Minority religions, not only New Religious Movements, are explored in this innovative book including the predicament of ancient religions such as Zoroastrianism, ‘old new’ religions such as Baha’i, and traditional religions that are minorities elsewhere. The book is divided into two parts: the gathering of data on religious minorities ("mapping"), and the ways in which governments and interest ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Bloomsbury Handbook to Studying Christians

    Series series Bloomsbury Handbooks
    Drawing on a range of methodologies, editors George D. Chryssides and Stephen E. Gregg shift attention from normative textual and doctrinal matters to issues of materiality and everyday life in Christianity. This handbook is structured in four parts, which include coverage of the following aspects of Christianity: sacred space and objects, cyber-Christianity, food, prayer, education, family life, ... Read more

    $47.79 USD

  • Why can't they get along?

    A conversation between a Muslim, a Jew and a Christian

    Christians, Muslims and Jews all stem from one man, Abraham, and yet relations between them are so often strained. Three men of faith: one Jew, one Muslim and one Christian debate the differences between them. The result is a compelling discussion: What do their faiths teach on the big issues of life? What can be done to make for better relationships in the future? What can be done on the big ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Christians in the Twenty-First Century

    'Christians in the Twenty-First Century' examines Christianity as it is understood and practised both by active followers and those who regard themselves as Christian. The book opens with an examination of key Christian concepts - the Bible, the Creeds, the Church and the sacraments - and the major traditions of Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Protestantism as well as more recent ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The Bloomsbury Companion to New Religious Movements

    Series series Bloomsbury Companions
    The Bloomsbury Companion to New Religious Movements covers key themes such as charismatic leadership, conversion and brainwashing, prophecy and millennialism, violence and suicide, gender and sexuality, legal issues, and the portrayal of New Religious Movements by the media and anti-cult organisations. Several categories of new religions receive special attention, including African new religions, ... Read more

    $42.09 USD