The 2008 International Conference - Twenty Years and More: Research into Minority Religions, New Religious Movements and 'the New Spirituality'

The 2008 International Conference

Twenty Years and More: Research into Minority Religions, New Religious Movements and 'the New Spirituality'

CYBERPROCEEDINGS

http://www.cesnur.org/2008/london_cyberpro.htm

• Twenty Years of Studies of New Religious Movements: Autohagiography or Post-Mortem?, by Massimo Introvigne
• The Black Hebrews of Dimona, An Afro-American community in Israel, by Enrico Girmenia
• At the End of the Kami Way: a Closed Door. Traces of an Esoteric Shîntō in the First Part of the Kojiki and Possible Influence in the Genesis of New Attractive Japanese Religious Movements, by Antonio Soro
• The Role of Nature, Deities and Ancestors in Constructing Religious Identity in Contemporary Druidry, by Michael T. Cooper
• Free Masonry and Religion in Paris: How to Cast a Glance Upon Preconceived Ideas, by Jean-Pierre Laurant
• Plurality and Religion in Transition Society: The Case of the Czech Republic, by David Václavík
• The Baha’i Faith and Wicca - a comparison of Relevance in two emerging religions, by Lil Abdo
• The Italian Pentecostal movement: a brief historical background and future prospects, by Alessandro Iovino
• The Revival of Religiosity and the Influence on Marriage and Children, by Irene Briones
• Forty Years of the Institute for the Study of American Religion, by J. Gordon Melton
• On Being Raised in and Leaving the Exclusive Brethren: Resonances in Adulthood, by Jill Mytton
• The Rise and Fall of a Public Witch Hunt: Changing Media Attitudes to New Religious Movements Since 1988, by Suzanne Evans
• The Shamanic Story – a Georgian Example, by Michael Berman