The Open Brethren: A Christian Sect in the Modern World

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-030-03218-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 194 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 388 g

This book gives a personal insight into the hearts and minds of a fundamentalist Christian sect, the Open Brethren. Using Brethren magazine articles, obituaries, and testimonies, Peter Herriot argues that the Brethren constitute a perfect example of a fundamentalism. Their culture is entirely opposed to the beliefs, values, and norms of modernity. As a result, like other fundamentalisms they challenge modern Christianity and impede its efforts to engage with global society.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Herriot, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Religionspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Christliche und christlich motivierte Bewegungen und Sekten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. The Tight Brother’s Tale.- Chapter 2. The Loose Brother’s Tale.- Chapter 3. The Historian’s Tale.- Chapter 4. The Psychologist’s Tale.- Chapter 5. Brethren Lives.- Chapter 6. Salvation and Service.- Chapter 7. Conformity and Belief.- Chapter 8. Authority in Action.- Chapter 9. The Authority of the Bible.- Chapter 10: The Authority of the Brother.- Chapter 11. Separation and Identity.- Chapter 12. Pure from the World.- Chapter 13. Separated from the Sects.- Chapter 14. Apart from the Apostates.- Chapter 15. An Archetypal Fundamentalism.- Chapter 16. The Brethren and Modernism.- Chapter 17. Fundamentalism and Christianity.- Chapter 18. Religion and Globalisation.

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Herriot, who was brought up in a Brethren family, was Professor of Psychology at the City University and at Birkbeck College, University of London. He has since written on fundamentalism from a social psychological perspective. Among his books are ‘Religious Fundamentalism: Global, Local, and Personal’ (2009) and ‘Warfare and Waves: Calvinists and Charismatics in the Church of England’ (2017).