Beyond Religion and the Secular: Creative Spiritual Movements and Their Relevance to Political, Social and Cultural Reform

by Wayne Hudson

Deploying a distinctive disaggregative approach to the study of 'religion', this volume shows that spiritual movements with extensive counterfactual beliefs have been much more creative than one might expect.

Specifically, Wayne Hudson explores the creativity of six spiritual movements: the Bah ' s, a Persian movement; Soka Gakkai, a Japanese movement; Ananda Marga and the Brahma Kumaris, two reformed Hindu movements; and two controversial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350331759
• ISBN13: 9781350331754
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"