Proceedings of CESNUR 1997 Finally Published!

After a lengthy process of converting them into a readable book, Mikael Rothstein and Reender Kranenborg have now edited New Religions in a Postmodern World, a book in the RENNER Studies on New Religions series Aarhus (Danimarca): Aarhus University Press, 2003), including selected papers from CESNUR 1997 in Amsterdam. It is an interesting book, and we strongly recommend it to visitors of our Web site. Here is the table of content.

 

 

Preface Reender Kranenborg & Mikael Rothstein
Part I: Esotericism
1. Lectorium Rosicrucianum: A Dutch Movement Becomes International Massimo Introvigne	11
2. Swedenborg, Freemasonry, and Swedenborgian Freemasonry. An Overview Jan A.M. Snoek	23
3. How Traditional are the Traditionalists? The case of the Guénonian Sufis Mark Sedgwick	77
4. Tantric Influences in Western Esotericism Albertina Nugteren	107
Part II: Millennialism and Eschatology
5. Millennial Catastrophism in Popular Baha’I Lore Margit Warburg & David Piff	123
6. Hindu Eschatology Within Modern Western Religiosity Reender Kranenborg	137
Part III: Religious Leaders
7. Civilized Shamans: Sacred Biography and Founders of New Religious Movements Robert Ellwood	153
8. Hagiography and Text in The Aetherius Society. Aspects of the Social Construction of A Religious Leader Mikael Rothstein	165
9. South African New Age Prophets: Past and Present Christine Steyn	195
Part IV: Social Aspects of the New Religions
10. Making History: Memory and Forgetfulness In New Religious Movements Judith Coney	213
11. Les Témoignages de Convertis et d’ex-Adeptes Jean Duhaime	227
12. New Age Participants in Sweden : Background, Beliefs, Engagement and ‘Conversion’ Liselotte Frisk	241
13. Students in Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment. A Profile from a Demographic Survey, Narrative and Interview Constance A. Jones	257
Contributors	286
Index	289