Christopher Partridge
Author of Introduction To World Religions
About the Author
Christopher Partridge is professor of religious studies at Lancaster University, UK. Tim Dowley is a historian and prolific author and editor of Bible and theology resources. He is editor of Introduction to the History of Christianity (Fortress Press, 2018), among many other titles.
Series
Works by Christopher Partridge
Dictionary of Contemporary Religion in the Western World: Exploring Living Faiths on Postmodern Contexts (2002) 107 copies, 1 review
New Religions: A Guide: New Religious Movements, Sects and Alternative Spiritualities (2004) 106 copies, 1 review
Encyclopedia of New Religions : New Religious Movements, Sects and Alternative Spiritualities (2004) 42 copies
Mysticisms East and West: Studies in Mystical Experience (Studies in Religion and Culture) (2003) 20 copies
High Culture: Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World (2018) 14 copies
Dub In Babylon: Understanding the Evolution and Significance of Dub Reggae in Jamaica and Britain from King Tubby to Post-punk (Studies in Popular Music) (2010) 10 copies
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Popular Music (Bloomsbury Handbooks in Religion) (2017) 6 copies
A Brief Introduction to Jainism and Sikhism (Brief Introductions to World Religions, 5) (2018) 5 copies
Associated Works
Religions in the Modern World: Traditions and Transformations (2001) — Editor, some editions — 57 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Other names
- Partridge, C. H. (Christopher Hugh)
- Birthdate
- 1961-09-04
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- professor (contemporary religion)
- Organizations
- University College Chester, England
Center for the Study of Religion and Popular Culture (co-founding director)
Lancaster University - Nationality
- UK
- Places of residence
- England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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Reviews
New Religions: A Guide: New Religious Movements, Sects and Alternative Spiritualities by Christopher Partridge
New Religions A Guide by Christopher Partridge is a compilation of over 200 religious entries that ranges from “Christian Science and the Jehovah’s Witnesses to Soka Gakki, Wicca, and Falun Gong.” These accounts are marked by “an unprecedented growth of new religious movements, sects, and alternative spiritualities.”
Each movement is classified, and organized in categories in the various religious traditions. Entries spell out the history, beliefs, practices, and their present-day show more characteristics. These descriptions are all documented and written by religious and international experts. And this volume provides a wide array of religious and spiritual options available to readers on a quest to learn more about these new faith traditions. Relevant pictures of founders, adherents, and religious symbols also grace this edition. show less
Each movement is classified, and organized in categories in the various religious traditions. Entries spell out the history, beliefs, practices, and their present-day show more characteristics. These descriptions are all documented and written by religious and international experts. And this volume provides a wide array of religious and spiritual options available to readers on a quest to learn more about these new faith traditions. Relevant pictures of founders, adherents, and religious symbols also grace this edition. show less
A Catholic look at the modern fundamentalist movements in several religions. It's a knock off of a big study on fundamentalism from Chicago.
Part 1 deals with general religions and cultural issues; Part 2 discusses principal religions and new religious movements found in the West.
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- 26
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 786
- Popularity
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- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
- 78
- Languages
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