New Religious Movements in North America

Lydia Willsky-Ciollo is Associate Professor at Fairfield University, USA.

• 1. Overview, Lydia Ciollo (Fairfield University, USA)2. ‘Old’ Religious Elements in New Religious Movements, Kristian Klippenstein (University of Alberta, Canada)3. New Sacred Texts, Gene V. Gallagher (Connecticut College, USA)4. The Anti-Cult Movement in North America, Massimo Introvigne (Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), Italy)5. The American Atheist, Ryan Burge (Eastern Illinois University, USA) and Michael Drigger (Eastern Illinois University, USA)6. New Religious Movements and the First Amendment, Joe Laycock (Texas State University, USA)7. New Religious Movements, New Media, and Religious Innovation, Chris Miller (University of Waterloo, Canada)8. Sex Trafficking and New Religious Movements in America, Philippa Juliet Meek-Smith (University of Exeter, UK)9. Environmentalism, Ecological Activism, Theology, and New Religious Movements, Morgan Shipley (Michigan State University, USA)10. Yoga, Wellness and Contemporary Spirituality, Roopa Bala Singh (California State University, Monterey Bay)11. Gender in Neopaganisms, Jennifer Snook (Grinnell College, USA)12. Covid-19 and New Religions, Holly Folk (Western Washington University, USA)13. Church of Scientology, Donald A. Westbrook (San Jose State University, USA)14. Islam is (not) a cult, Hussein Rashid (independent scholar, USA)15. Baptism for the Dead: The history of the Mormons’ most audacious and controversial ritual, Max Perry Mueller (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)16. Conspiracy Theories as Religion,Susannah Crockford Susannah Crockford (University if Exeter, UK)GlossaryIndex

Willsky-Ciollo and the contributors made an excellent and concise introduction to the study of NRMs, useful primarily for students.