The 2008 International Conference
Twenty Years and More: Research into Minority Religions, New Religious Movements and 'the New Spirituality'
An International Conference organized by
INFORM and CESNUR
in association with ISORECEA
at the London School of Economics, 16-20th April 2008
CYBERPROCEEDINGS
Twenty Years of Studies of New Religious Movements: Autohagiography or Post-Mortem?, by Massimo Introvigne
CESNUR and some of its cultural policies, by PierLuigi Zoccatelli (CESNUR)
The Black Hebrews of Dimona, An Afro-American community in Israel, by Enrico Girmenia
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
Gender talk in Neo-Hindu Movements, by Simona Galaţchi
Is the ‘New Age’ a coherent concept?, by George D. Chryssides
Position of Non-traditional Religious Communities Following the Adoption of the Romanian Law on Religious Freedom and the General Regime of Religious Denominations, by Romanita Iordache
The Exclusive Brethren: Separatism and Human Rights in England and Wales, by Joanne Briggs
Minority Religions and Law Enforcement: A Human Rights Perspective, by Alessandro Amicarelli
Case Study : A Close Look into an Immigrant Workers’ Church in Beijing, by Qi Liu
Crowleyan Echoes: Baraka and Fantasy, by Dave Evans
The Scientific Aeon: Magic, Science and Psychology in Crowley’s Scientific Illuminism, by Egil Asprem
The Birth of the New Aeon: Magick and Mysticism of Thelema from the perspective of Postmodern A/Theology, by Gordan Djurdjevic
The Spanish Case about the Church Of Scientology: A Comment, by Carmen Garcimartí
The Italian Pentecostal movement and the reformation: doctrinal inheritances and new spiritual "discoveries", by Luca Frezza
AUMISM: The Birth of a New Religion, A Short History of the First 47 Years 1961-2008, by Jean-Marc Jacot - Vedhyas Dhimat
Soka Gakkai in Brazil: Buddhism, Recruitment or Marketing?, by Suzana R. Coutinho Bornholdt
The conversion of Kyrgyz to the Christian faith – A case study on a new religious movement in the post- Soviet era, by David Radford
Notes on Urban Multireligiosity in Mexico, by Daniel Gutiérrez Martinez
UDHR Article 30: Cult Watchdog Organizations and Jehovah’s Witnesses, by John Bowen Brown II
The experience of Mormon children in English school-based religious education and collective worship, by Ronan James Head
History of the Agreement Between the Italian State and the Assemblies of God in Italy, by Liberato De Vita
The Bhikkhu and the Magus: Exploring Allan Bennett’s Influence on Aleister Crowley, by John L. Crow
On the road from Salt Lake to the conversion of French academia, by Bernadette Rigal-Cellard
The Charismatic Movement in Finland today, by Tuija Hovi
Attitudes towards New Religions in the “Non-Believing” Czech Republic, by Zdeněk R. Nešpor
French Alchemical Groups of the late 20th Century: a comparative essay, by José M. Anes
Online and Offline - Locating Pagan Community, by Angela Coco
Mapping a European Branch of the Qadiriyya: Local Embodiments of a Global Sufi Order, by Marta Dominguez
Lets Talk: The Application of Systemic Theory and Practice to New Religious Movements and Their Past and Current Adherents, by Alaistar Pearson
On consciousness. An Outline of Abhinavagupta’s soteriology in the Mālinīvijayavārttika, by Xicoténcatl Martinez-Ruiz
The role of the Hare Krishnas In mitigating the Social Menace of Hiv/Aids in Nigeria, by Vasudev Das
The Italian Pentecostal Movement: between heterogeneity and social emancipation, by Ivan D’Alessandro
An overview of complexity and the Pentecostal school of thought, by Giovanni Tagliaferri
Salvation and the Descendants of Abraham, a New Paradigm for Faithful and Unfaithful, by Olivier de Lagausie
(Old) New religious movements: Christianism and Ancestorhood in the St. Joshua Star Church, by Josué Tomasini Castro
Lying For a Good Purpose: Book of Mormon Apologetics Over the Years, by Clyde R. Forsberg, Jr.
New Age or the Mass-popularization of Esoteric Discourse: Some Preliminary Reflections on the Reconceptualization of the New Age, by Kennet Granholm
„Chocolate Mary “ – “Roma Christianity” as ethnic and cultural approximation of Christianity among the Roma in Slovakia, by Tatiana Podolinská
Aumism: Curch and Religion, by V. Vishti (Christine Amory)
Digital Pantheon, by Antonio Cosenza
Christian Science and cultural trends: past and present, by Daniel R.D. Scott
Eighteen Years in the Field: Types of New Religious Movements in Bulgaria (1990-2008), by Mario Marinov
When Charismatic Leaders Are Gone: The Catholic Church of Mariavites 65 Years After the Death of Jan Maria Michal Kowalski, by Katarzyna Tempczyk
Bricoler avec une tradition ou appartenir à une autre tradition ?, by Régis Dericquebourg
Measuring the Sacred: research notes on so-called “holistic paradigm” in science as actualized by new spiritualities adherents, by Dorota Hall
"Domestic Hinduism", Culture of Print and the “New Religions”, by Milan Fujda
Playing with a tradition or belonging to another tradition?, by Régis Dericquebourg
Should scholars write sect reports?, by Audhild Skoglund
