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Full-Text Articles in New Religious Movements
Ten Signatories, A Hundred Communities: Pluralization Without Consolidation In Slovenian Protestantism, Katja Brkič Golob
Ten Signatories, A Hundred Communities: Pluralization Without Consolidation In Slovenian Protestantism, Katja Brkič Golob
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
This article examines why contemporary Slovenian Protestantism exhibits a dual structure: a low‑variance Lutheran core (the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession - ECAC) and a high‑variance neo‑Protestant field (mainly Pentecostal, Charismatic, Evangelical, and some Baptist communities). Using the public Register of Churches and Other Religious Communities as an administrative tracer of organizational volatility (first registrations, renamings, deletions), and situating findings in census/survey context, the study shows that post‑1991 legal liberalization enabled rapid formalization without automatic consolidation. A four‑lens framework—historico‑legal, sociological (church–sect–mysticism; religious‑economy), ecclesiological (order vs. movement), and psychological (charisma and its routinization; risks of authoritarian patterns)—explains why tensions in …
Dwelling In Parallel Worlds: Esoteric And New Age Milieus In The Soviet Period And Afterward, Edited By Birgit Menzel And Anna Tessman: A Review, Alexander John Paul Lutz
Dwelling In Parallel Worlds: Esoteric And New Age Milieus In The Soviet Period And Afterward, Edited By Birgit Menzel And Anna Tessman: A Review, Alexander John Paul Lutz
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
A review of Birgit Menzel and Anna Tessmann, eds. Dwelling in Parallel Worlds: Esoteric and New Age Milieus in the Soviet Period and Afterward. Münster: LIT Verlag, 2025. 320 pp. €34.90 (paperback). ISBN: 978-3-643-91580-1.
Religious And Cultural Dimension Of The "Ringing Cedars Of Russia" Movement In The Context Of Hybrid Warfare, Oleksandr Lukyanenko, Vitaly Dmytrenko, Vita Dmytrenko
Religious And Cultural Dimension Of The "Ringing Cedars Of Russia" Movement In The Context Of Hybrid Warfare, Oleksandr Lukyanenko, Vitaly Dmytrenko, Vita Dmytrenko
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
The article is devoted to a comprehensive religious analysis of the neo-religious movement “The Ringing Cedars of Russia,” based on the works of Vladimir Megre and the image of the prophetess Anastasia. The study covers the ideological and doctrinal foundations of the movement, its socio-cultural practices, the functioning of tribal settlements, as well as mechanisms of influence on individual and collective consciousness. Particular attention is paid to the concepts of “Vedrussia”, the sacralization of “Russian space” and the mythologization of Russia’s calling to revive the “primitive civilization of harmony.” The analysis shows that the movement, while declaring ecological and humanistic …
The Christian Liberal Arts Tradition Can Appeal To Christians And Non-Christians Alike, Joseph Clair
The Christian Liberal Arts Tradition Can Appeal To Christians And Non-Christians Alike, Joseph Clair
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
College and university professors in the liberal arts (humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences) are almost entirely left-leaning, liberal, or progressive, and this is especially true among faculty in the humanities and social sciences. The trend is even more pronounced in certain selective schools. Students who attend liberal arts colleges or universities often adopt more liberal or progressive points of view as a result of their education. There are many great literary depictions of this transformation and the ensuing alienation that often results when such students return home from college. (My favorite is in Flannery O’Connor’s short story “Revelation,” where …
Hinn And Wood's "Defining Deception: Freeing The Church From The Mystical-Miracle Movement" (Book Review), Armand Ternak
Hinn And Wood's "Defining Deception: Freeing The Church From The Mystical-Miracle Movement" (Book Review), Armand Ternak
The Christian Librarian
No abstract provided.
Calico's "Being Viking: Heathenism In Contemporary America" (Book Review), Samuel S. Richardson
Calico's "Being Viking: Heathenism In Contemporary America" (Book Review), Samuel S. Richardson
The Christian Librarian
No abstract provided.
Hinn And Woods' "Defining Deceptioin: Freeing The Church From The Mystical-Miracle Movement" (Book Review), Christa J. Welty
Hinn And Woods' "Defining Deceptioin: Freeing The Church From The Mystical-Miracle Movement" (Book Review), Christa J. Welty
The Christian Librarian
No abstract provided.
Olson, Mead, Hill, And Atwoods' "Handbook Of Denominations In The United States" (Book Review), Kyle D. Diroberts
Olson, Mead, Hill, And Atwoods' "Handbook Of Denominations In The United States" (Book Review), Kyle D. Diroberts
The Christian Librarian
No abstract provided.
Powe And Jacksons' "E. Stanley Jones & Sharing The Good News In A Pluralistic Society" (Book Review), Jaclyn Lee Parrott
Powe And Jacksons' "E. Stanley Jones & Sharing The Good News In A Pluralistic Society" (Book Review), Jaclyn Lee Parrott
The Christian Librarian
No abstract provided.
Kreeft's "Between One Faith And Another: Engaging Conversations On The World's Great Religions" (, Elizabeth Pearson
Kreeft's "Between One Faith And Another: Engaging Conversations On The World's Great Religions" (, Elizabeth Pearson
The Christian Librarian
No abstract provided.