http://www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/features/cultureandhistory/060208doc Pagans and patriarchs Like a scene from a Russian fairy tale, bearded men in richly embroidered...
I have just joined this group as a result of an invitation from Steve Hayes. But i was a member previously, that is before it closed down. I am a writing a...
You can still attend Inform Seminars that take place every six months. The next one is on May 13th and is on the subject of Spirit Possession and Exorcism -...
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william m. ashcraft
washcraf@...
Feb 9, 2006 10:41 pm
Hello nurel subscribers, Others have been introducing themselves, and I would like to as well. I am NRM scholar in the United States. I teach religious...
Hello All, My name is Chris Chiappari, and I'm an anthropologist who teaches at St. Olaf College in Minnesota. My research focuses on Maya spirituality and...
Inform Seminar XXXVI SPIRIT POSSESSION AND EXORCISM DATE: Saturday, 13 May 2006; 9.30am - 4.30pm. VENUE: New Theatre at the London School of Economics and...
Hello the list. This is Dan Fefferman, a participant in the former Nurel. I too have been mistaken for a Scientologist. (It was at my first AFF conference -- ...
I have, of course, in the interests of science, tried deprogramming, love-bombing, thought reform, menticide, brainwashing and exit counseling over the past...
Killing the mind? Eileen Barker Professor Emeritus of Sociology with Special Reference to the Study of Religion London School of Economics Houghton St London...
Hi, everyone! Since few people, as yet, have written formal introductions to themselves, I have followed suit and done nothing either! I don't know whether...
... Thomas Gandow mentions it too, and his source isn't Ted Patrick, but a german book by "O, Se Keun", "Die Volksglaube und das Christentum in Korea" which is...
In a message dated 2/28/2006 11:17:56 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ... Israel Monastery for six months. ... "In the Israel Monastery" may be a bit misleading....
In a message dated 2/28/2006 4:31:59 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ... are only available in Korean (as far as I'm aware), does anyone know of readers of Korean...
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nurel@yahoogroups.com
Mar 1, 2006 11:15 pm
From the moderator of the New Religious Movements discussion forum: Just a reminder to check the Nurel web page occasionally! ...
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Ashcraft, William
washcraf@...
Mar 2, 2006 12:36 am
I'd just like for members of the Nurel list to be aware of a book that I co-edited that has come out in the last year: New Religious Movements: A Documentary...
Found in a newsgroup: (an american sailor's stopover in a remote south pacific island during WWII has created a bizarre religious cult that persists to this...
Steve - You may be interested in my entry in my Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements, although I claim no expertise in cargo cults: JON FRUM...
What you are about to enter is The Church of the Heavenly Wood. We are an internet church that practices Woodism. Woodism is a pop-culture-based religion...
I find the relationship between new religions and popular culture very interesting. On the last PCA annual conference, there were sessions on "conspiracy...
Hi, For a syllabus I am trying to think of female leaders/establishers of NRMs. Naturally, when you have to think about it, all good examples elope. I have few...
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Ashcraft, William
washcraf@...
Mar 20, 2006 4:18 am
Catherine Wessinger edited a collection on women leaders in marginal religions that might be helpful. the group that I did my PhD diss. research on had women...
Steve Hayes saw this story on BBC News Online and thought you should see it. ** Message ** Here is a report that suggests that there have been a lott of witch...
There are quite a few women leaders (some founders, some who have taken over) - eg the present leaders of the Brahma Kumaris are women, Elizabeth Clare...
Also, quite a few 'channelers' are women - J Z Knight (Ramtha), Jane Roberts (Seth), Helen Schucman ('A Course in Miracles'). You might also consider the...
In a message dated 3/20/2006 9:25:34 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ... Roberts (Seth), Helen Schucman ('A Course in Miracles'). You might also consider the...
Where, Mr Fefferman, would you place Young Oon Kim, Onni Durst and Doris Orme - to name but a few lesser beings? eb Eileen Barker Professor Emeritus of...
... Two german cult leaders come to my mind: Uriella http://images.google.de/images?q=uriella (who started her group after falling from a horse and seeing the...
I just wanted to thank you all for your answers. Of course, Shirley McLaine is also an interesting phenomenon in this aspect; and Bonnie Nettles (Heaven's...
