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Cults. --- Alternative religious movements --- Cult --- Cultus --- Marginal religious movements --- New religions --- New religious movements --- NRMs (Religion) --- Religious movements, Alternative --- Religious movements, Marginal --- Religious movements, New --- Religions --- Sects

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"This book examines the trajectory and development of the Japanese religious movement, Agonshu, commonly portrayed in Japan as a 'new religion', and its charismatic founder Kiriyama Seiyu. Based on field research spanning 30 years it examines Agonshu from when it first captured attention in the 1980s with its spectacular rituals and use of media technologies, through a period of stagnation, until its response to the 2016 death of its founder. Via an in-depth profile of Agonshu and the pivotal role of Kiriyama Seiyu as founder, the authors examine and critique the concept of 'new religions', and discuss the nature and significance of charisma, charismatic leadership and religious entrepreneurship. The book discusses the 'democratisation' of practice and the demands made by movements such as Agonshu on members, while examining how a movement that developed in Japan has expressed seemingly universal concepts while becoming increasingly focused on revisionist nationalism and issues of Japanese identity. In examining the dilemma religions commonly face on the deaths of charismatic founders, Baffelli and Reader look at Agonshu's response to Kiriyama's death, how and why it has transformed a human founder into a figure of worship, and how, through such founder veneration, it has become increasingly normative in Japanese contexts. By examining Agonshu in the wider context, the authors draw attention to the importance of understanding the trajectories of 'new' religions and how they can become 'old' even within their first generation"--

J1960 --- Japan: Religion -- new religions --- Buddhism --- Religion. --- Doctrines --- Doctrines. --- Kiriyama, Seiyū, --- Agonshū. --- Japan --- Japan. --- Kiriyama, Seiyū, --- Agonshū. --- Buddha and Buddhism --- Lamaism --- Ris-med (Lamaism) --- Religions --- Tsutsumi, Masuo, --- 桐山靖雄, --- 堤真寿雄, --- 阿含宗

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This explores the question of when and why violence by and against new religious cults erupts and whether and how such dramatic conflicts can be foreseen, managed and averted. The authors, leading international experts on religious movements and violent behavior, focus on the four major episodes of cult violence during the last decade: the tragic conflagration that engulfed the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas; the deadly sarin gas attack by the Aum Shinrikyo in Tokyo; the murder-suicides by the Solar Temple in Switzerland and Canada; and the collective suicide by the members of Heaven's Gate. They explore the dynamics leading to these dramatic episodes in North America, Europe, and Asia, and offer insights into the general relationship between violence and religious cults in contemporary society. The authors conclude that these events usually involve some combination of internal and external dynamics through which a new religious movement and society become polarized.

Violence --- Cults. --- Alternative religious movements --- Cult --- Cultus --- Marginal religious movements --- New religions --- New religious movements --- NRMs (Religion) --- Religious movements, Alternative --- Religious movements, Marginal --- Religious movements, New --- Religions --- Sects --- Violence (in religion, folklore, etc.) --- Religious aspects. --- Moral and religious aspects --- Cults --- 291.7 --- 291.7 Acties op religieuze beweeggronden: godsdienstoorlogen; missiewerking; zending; fanatisme; religieuze propaganda; fundamentalisme --- Acties op religieuze beweeggronden: godsdienstoorlogen; missiewerking; zending; fanatisme; religieuze propaganda; fundamentalisme --- Religious aspects --- Social Sciences --- Sociology --- violence and religion --- new religions --- religious movements --- charismatic legitimacy --- violent behavior --- public agence involvement --- government and religious movements --- cult-watching groups --- mass suicide --- the Branch Davidians --- Occult masters --- the Solar Temple --- Aum Shinrikyo --- Heaven's Gate suicides --- cults

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Cults --- Alternative religious movements --- Cult --- Cultus --- Marginal religious movements --- New religions --- New religious movements --- NRMs (Religion) --- Religious movements, Alternative --- Religious movements, Marginal --- Religious movements, New --- Religions --- Sects --- Hierapolis (Syria : Extinct city) --- Bambyce (Extinct city) --- Mabbog (Extinct city) --- Syria --- Religion. --- Antiquities --- Hierapolis (Extinct city) --- Religion

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Often ignored in studies of Classical Greek religion, private cults were widespread in the Hellenistic world. This is the first comprehensive study of this phenomenon.

Cults --- Cultes --- History. --- Histoire --- Xenophon --- Religion. --- Greece --- Grèce --- Religion --- Grèce --- Alternative religious movements --- Cult --- Cultus --- Marginal religious movements --- New religions --- New religious movements --- NRMs (Religion) --- Religious movements, Alternative --- Religious movements, Marginal --- Religious movements, New --- Religions --- Sects --- History --- Xenofon --- Xenofoon --- Xenophoon --- Senofonte --- a Xenophon --- Jenofonte --- Jenófanes --- Ksenofont --- Xenofón --- Kısenofon --- Pseudo-Senofonte --- Kʻsenopʻonti --- Pseudo-Xenophon --- כסינופון --- زينوفون --- كزنوفون --- گزنفون --- Xenofont --- Ξενοφῶν