1st Edition
Philosophical Explorations of New and Alternative Religious Movements
Edited By Morgan Luck
Copyright 2012
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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Philosophy of religion is focused chiefly on theism. Yet there are a growing number of new and alternative religious movements that would also benefit from philosophical scrutiny. This book is the first collection of philosophical essays, by a team of international authors, focusing on new and alternative religious movements. The book begins with an examination of the definition of new religious... Read more
Chapter 1 Philosophy and New and Alternative Religious Movements, MorganLuck; Chapter 2 New Religious Movements, George D.Chryssides; Chapter 3 Religious Naturalism, BeverleyClack, DanO’Brien; Chapter 4 New Atheism, JohnBishop; Chapter 5 The Word of Faith Movement, AndrewFisher; Chapter 6 A Guru-Disciple Tradition, MichaelisMichael, John PaulHealy; Chapter 7 Scientology, Brian D.Smith; Chapter 8 Raelianism, MorganLuck; Chapter 9 Mormonism, WylieBreckenridge; Chapter 10 Digital Theology, EricSteinhart; Chapter 11 The Arica School, Andrew J.Dell’Olio;
Biography
Morgan Luck is a senior lecturer in philosophy at Charles Sturt University and a senior research fellow of the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE). He completed his PhD in Philosophy at the University of Nottingham and a PGCE in Religious Education at the University of Cambridge. His areas of research include philosophy of religion and applied ethics.
'This is a groundbreaking collection of essays that philosophically explores new and alternative religious movements virtually ignored by mainstream philosophers of religion.' Nova Religio
