David G. Bromley

The Politics of Religious Apostasy (eBook, PDF)

The Role of Apostates in the Transformation of Religious Movements

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The current controversy surrounding new religions has brought to the forefront the role of apostates. These individuals leave highly controversial movements and assume roles in other organizations as public opponents against their former movements. This volume examines the motivations of the apostates, how they are recruited and play out their roles, the kinds of narratives they construct to discredit their previous groups, and the impact of apostasy on the outcome of conflicts between movements and society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 1998
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313370687
• Artikelnr.: 37831597

Autorenporträt

DAVID G. BROMLEY is Professor of Sociology and Affiliate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the past editor of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. Among his recent books are The Satanism Scare (1991), edited with James Richardson and Joel Best, Handbook on Cults and Sects in America (1993), edited with Jeffrey K. Hadden, and Anticult Movements in Cross-Cultural Perspective (1994), edited with Anson Shupe.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Sociological Perspectives on Apostasy: An Overview by David G.
Bromley A Comparative Approach to Organizational Exit The Social
Construction of Contested Exit Roles: Defectors, Whistleblowers, and
Apostates by David G. Bromley The Apostate Role and Career In Defense of
Self: Apostasy as Spoiled Identity by Armand L. Mauss The Politics of
Marginal Heresy by Eileen Barker Exploring the Varieties of Apostate Roles
by Stuart A. Wright Apostates Who Never Were: The Social Construction of
Absque Facto Apostate Narratives by Daniel Carson Johnson The
Organizational Context of Apostasy Apostasy, Apocalypse, and Religious
Violence: An Exploratory Comparison of Peoples Temple, the Branch
Davidians, and the Solar Temple by John R. Hall and Philip Schuyler
Apostates, Defectors, Law and Social Control by James T. Richardson
Apostates and Their Role in the Construction of Grievance Claims Against
the Northeast Kingdom/Messianic Communities by Susan J. Palmer The Changing
Apostate Role in the Evolution of the North American Anti-cult Movement by
Anson Shupe Methodological Issues in the Study of Apostasy Carriers of
Tales: On Assessing Credibility of Apostate and Other Outsider Accounts of
Religious Practices by Lewis F. Carter