Radical Transformations in Minority Religions

<p>All religions undergo continuous change but minority religions tend to be less anchored in their ways than mainstream traditional religions. This volume examines radical transformations undergone by a variety of minority religions including the Children of God/ Family International; Gnosticism; Jediism; various manifestations of Paganism; LGBT Muslim groups; the Plymouth Brethren; Santa Muerte; and Satanism.</p><p>As with other books in the Routledge/Inform series the contributors approach the subject from a wide range of perspectives: professional scholars include legal experts and sociologists specialising in new religious movements but there are also chapters from those who have experienced a personal involvement. The volume is divided into four thematic parts that focus on different impetuses for radical change: interactions with society technology and institutions efforts at legitimation and new revelations.</p><p>This book will be a useful source of information for social scientists historians theologians and other scholars with an interest in social change minority religions and ‘cults’. It will also be of interest to a wider readership including lawyers journalists theologians and members of the general public.</p>