James R. Lewis: The Order of the Solar Temple

Cover: 9781138253339 | The Order of the Solar Temple | The Temple of Death | James R. Lewis

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Beschreibung

In October 1994, fifty-three members of the Order of the Solar Temple in Switzerland and Québec were murdered or committed suicide. This incident and two later group suicides in subsequent years played a pivotal role in inflaming the cult controversy in Europe. Despite the importance of the Order of the Solar Temple, there are relatively few studies published in English. This book brings together the best scholarship on the Solar Temple including newly commissioned pieces from leading scholars.

Über den Autor

James R. Lewis is Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Wisconsin, USA. He is a highly-published scholar of New Religions. He is the editor of The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements (2004), and also Controversial New Religions (co-edited with Jesper A. Petersen). In addition to writing a dozen other anthologies on new religions, James Lewis is the author of a textbook and a major encyclopedia in this field of study. His monographs include Legitimating New Religions (2003). He is a professional reference book author; his encyclopedias have won American Library Association, New York Public Library Association, and Choice book awards.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Introduction; Templars for the age of Aquarius: the archedia clubs (1984-1991) and the international chivalric order of the solar tradition, Jean-FranÃ§ois Mayer; 'Ordeal by fire': the tragedy of the Solar Temple, Massimo Introvigne; Purity and danger in the Solar Temple, Susan J. Palmer; The mystical apocalypse of the Solar Temple, John R. Hall and Philip Schuyler; The dangers of enlightenment: apocalyptic hopes and anxieties in the Order of the Solar Temple, Jean-FranÃ§ois Mayer; Crises of charismatic authority and millenarian violence: the case of the Order of the Solar Temple, John Walliss; Sources of doctrine in the Solar Temple, George D. Chryssides; Death as initiation: Order of the Solar Temple and rituals of initiation, Henrik Bogdan; The Order du Temple Solaire and the quest for the absolute sun, Marc LaBelle; Sects, media and the end of the world, Roland J. Campiche; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Religion & Theologie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9781138253339
ISBN-10:	1138253332
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion:	Lewis, James R.
Hersteller:	Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	234 x 156 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	James R. Lewis
Erscheinungsdatum:	09.09.2016
Gewicht:	0,377 kg

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