TY  - GEN
T1  - Sacred schisms : how religions divide
A2  - Lewis, James R.
A2  - Lewis, Sarah M.
LA  - English
PP  - Cambridge, UK ; New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
YR  - 2009
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn438824036
AB  - Schism (from the Greek 'to split') refers to a group that breaks away from another, usually larger organisation and forms a new organisation. Though the term is typically confined to religious schisms, it can be extended to other kinds of breakaway groups. Because schisms emerge out of controversies, the term has negative connotations. Though they are an important component of many analyses, schisms in general have not been subjected to systematic analysis. This volume provides the first book-length study of religious schisms as a general phenomenon. Some chapters examine specific case studies while others provide surveys of the history of schisms within larger religious traditions, such as Islam and Buddhism. Other chapters are more theoretically focused. Examples are drawn from a wide variety of different traditions and geographical areas, from early Mediterranean Christianity to modern Japanese New Religions, and from the Jehovah's Witnesses to Neo-Pagans.
OP  - 338
CN  - BL65.H5 S33 2009eb
SN  - 9780511580710
SN  - 0511580711
SN  - 9780511581038
SN  - 0511581033
SN  - 9780511579882
SN  - 0511579888
SN  - 9780511580390
SN  - 0511580398
SN  - 9780511579141
SN  - 0511579144
SN  - 9781107684508
SN  - 1107684501
SN  - 0511698526
SN  - 9780511698521
SN  - 1107199670
SN  - 9781107199675
SN  - 1282302930
SN  - 9781282302938
SN  - 9786612302930
SN  - 6612302933
SN  - 0511578407
SN  - 9780511578403
SN  - 9780521881470
SN  - 0521881471
KW  - Religion : History.
KW  - Schism.
KW  - Religion : Histoire.
KW  - Schisme.
KW  - religious history.
KW  - RELIGION : Christianity : General.
KW  - RELIGION : Cults.
KW  - Religion
KW  - Schism
KW  - Schisma
KW  - Godsdiensten.
KW  - Afscheidingsbewegingen.
KW  - Electronic book.
KW  - History
KW  - Aufsatzsammlung.
ER  -