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The Politics of Religious Apostasy David G. Bromley

The Politics of Religious Apostasy By David G. Bromley

The Politics of Religious Apostasy by David G. Bromley

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The current controversy surrounding new religions has brought to the forefront the role of apostates.

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The Politics of Religious Apostasy: The Role of Apostates in the Transformation of Religious Movements by David G. Bromley

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.

About David G. Bromley

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.

Table of Contents

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

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NPB9780275955083
9780275955083
0275955087
The Politics of Religious Apostasy: The Role of Apostates in the Transformation of Religious Movements by David G. Bromley
David G. Bromley
Religion in the Age of Transformation
New
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
1998-04-23
256
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