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"New religions emerge as distinct entities in the religious landscape when innovations are introduced by a charismatic leader or a schismatic group leaves its parent organization. New religious movements (NRMs) often present novel doctrines and advocate unfamiliar modes of behavior, and have therefore often been perceived as controversial. NRMs have, however, in recent years come to be treated in the same way as established religions, that is, as complex cultural phenomena involving myths, rituals and canonical texts. This Companion discusses key features of NRMs from a systematic, comparative perspective, summarizing results of forty years of research. The volume addresses NRMs that have caught media attention, including movements such as Scientology, New Age, the Neopagans, the Sai Baba movement and Jihadist movements active in a post-9/11 context. An essential resource for students of religious studies, the history of religion, sociology, anthropology and the psychology of religion"--

Cults --- 298.9 --- 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 --- 298.9 Recente niet-christelijke of afgeleid-christelijke religies; New Age --- Recente niet-christelijke of afgeleid-christelijke religies; New Age --- new religious movements --- social science --- the sociology of new religious movements --- internet --- controversies --- the end of time --- new religions --- charismatic leaders --- rituals --- canonical texts --- extracanonical texts --- Scientology --- Neopaganism --- the Sathya Sai baba movement --- Neo-Sufism --- Satanism --- Theosophy --- the New Age --- Jihadism --- Russia --- sub-Saharan Africa --- the International Raëlian Movement

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Occultism --- Occultisme --- History --- Histoire --- esotericism --- tradition --- Africa --- Afrocentric tradition in America --- secret lineages --- Satanism --- Anton LaVey --- esoteric tradition --- Perennialism --- Iconoclasm --- chaos magick --- popular culture and new media --- occulture --- Satanism online --- esoteric religion --- the astral --- Scientology --- controversial new religions --- esotericism and conspiracy culture --- esoteric transfers --- secular culture --- radical politics --- political esotericism --- esoteric discourse --- the radical right --- New Age spirituality --- Islamic Jihad --- Paulo Coelho --- Shamil Basayev --- deep ecology --- Western Esotericism --- psychic enchantments --- the paranormal --- indigo children --- New Age discourse --- entheogenic esotericism --- gender and esotericism

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The volume is based on an international and interdisciplinary conference which took place at Tübingen, Germany in May 2010 on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Institute of Biblical Archaeology at the University of Tübingen. Jens Kamlah (ed.) brings these conference lectures along with four additional articles on recent archaeological finds related to temple building and temple cult together in one volume. From Aleppo to Ataroth - the volume is dedicated to city temples in the Levant, from the North to the South, from the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age to the end of the Iron Age. The storm god of Aleppo on one side and the bull of Ataroth on the other side symbolize its comprehensive approach and its wide geographical and chronological spectrum. From altars to votive vessels - within the various sub-regions of the Levant, several temple complexes and associated cultic paraphernalia have been recently excavated or re-evaluated. The results of these investigations significantly expand and modify our knowledge of temple building and temple cult in the Levant. From Jerusalem to Mount Gerizim - these new insights are of great importance for the research on the temple in Jerusalem and Old Testament research. Together, the articles lead to a better understanding of the complex religious history of the Levant in general and of the Levantine city temples in particular.

Temples --- Cults --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Religious articles --- Architecture --- Cultes --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Objets religieux --- Congresses --- Congrès --- Middle East --- Moyen-Orient --- Antiquities --- Antiquités --- Fouilles (Archeologie) --- Congres --- Antiquites --- Conferences - Meetings --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Congrès --- Antiquités --- 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 --- Church architecture --- Religious institutions --- Articles, Religious --- Objects, Religious --- Religious art objects --- Religious goods --- Religious objects --- Sacred objects --- Religion --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- History --- Congresses. --- Religious architecture