| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 338 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Religion -- History.
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Religion. |
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History. |
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Schism.
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Schism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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Electronic book.
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| Added Author |
Lewis, James R.
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Lewis, Sarah M.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sacred schisms. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521881470 0521881471 (DLC) 2009000048 (OCoLC)244768198 |
| ISBN |
9780511580710 (electronic book) |
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0511580711 (electronic book) |
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9780511581038 (electronic book) |
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0511581033 (electronic book) |
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9780511579882 (electronic book) |
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0511579888 (electronic book) |
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9780511580390 (electronic book) |
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0511580398 (electronic book) |
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9780511579141 |
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0511579144 |
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9780521881470 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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0521881471 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786612302930 |
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