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" Sacred schisms "
/ edited by James R. Lewis, Sarah M. Lewis
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The Center of European Languages of Qom(Ale Beit Publications)
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Document Type
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BL
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Record Number
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562
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b11228
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Language of Document
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English
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Main Entry
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Lewis, James R
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Title & Author
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Sacred schisms:how religions divide/ edited by James R. Lewis, Sarah M. Lewis
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Publication Statement
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Cambridge, UK ;New York: Cambridge University Press,, 2009.
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Page. NO
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xi, 338 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
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ISBN
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9780521881470(hardback : alk.paper)
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Notes
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Print
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
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Introduction / James R. Lewis and Sarah Lewis -- Part I: Theoretical overview -- Understanding schisms : theoretical explanations for their origins / Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle -- Part II: Survey of schisms in selected traditions -- Charismatic authority in Islam : an analysis of the cause of schisms in the ummah / Ron Geaves -- Schisms in Buddhism / Alan Cole -- Schisms in Japanese new religious movements / Robert Kisala -- Part III: Christian traditions -- Finishing the mystery : the watch tower and 'the 1917 schism' / George D. Chryssides -- Challenges to charismatic authority in the unificationist movement / David G. Bromley and Rachel S. Bobbitt -- Persecution and schismogenesis : how a penitential crisis over mass apostasy facilitated the triumph of Catholic Christianity in the Roman Empire / Joseph M. Bryant -- Part IV: Western esoteric traditions -- Church universal and triumphant : shelter, succession and schism / Susan J. Palmer and Michael Abravanel -- Schism and consolidation : the case of the theosophical movement / Olav Hammer -- Satanists and nuts : the role of schisms in modern satanism / Jesper Aagaard Petersen -- Schism as midwife : how conflict aided the birth of a contemporary pagan community / Murphy Pizza -- Part V: Non-western/postcolonial traditions -- Succession, religious switching, and schism in the Hare Krishna Movement / E. Burke Rochford, Jr. -- Schisms within Hindu guru groups : the Transcendental Meditation movement in North America / Cynthia Ann Humes -- Schism in Babylon : colonialism, Afro-Christianity, and Rastafari / Christopher Partridge.
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Subject
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ReligionHistory
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Subject
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Schism
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Dewey Classification
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209
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LC Classification
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BL65.H5,S33 2009
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Lewis, Sarah M
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