Class Notes for Religious Studies at Laurentian University of Sudbury

March 2, 2016 Lecture 8: The Children of God and the Question of Sexuality I. INTRODUCTION II. MOSES DAVID III. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE FAMILY IV. BELIEFS, RITUALS, PRACTICE V. THE FAMILY AND THE ISSUE OF SEXUALITY VI....

Jan 20/2016 Lecture 3: The Church of Scientology I. INTRODUCTION - Church of Scientology International (CSI) states that scientology is �fastest growing religious movement on the earth� - �only great religion to emerge ...

Jan 13/2016 Lecture 2: Contextualizing New Religions I. CHURCH, SECTS ,CULTS: SOCIOLOGICAL Terminology - Analyzing Cults: media- problem= just wanted it to sell and prevent full truth - Lorne Dawson, Comprehending Cult...

Lecture 5.5: The New Age Movement I. Introduction - "New Age": passing beyond traditional Christianity - "Imminent shift in world consciousness" - "Age of Aquarius" - Notoriously difficult to define and study - short liv...

Ramtha and the New Age I. Introduction - JZ Knight and channels Ramtha - 1980s world's most famous trance channeller - invited scholars to access her work - Historians, psychologists, sociolgists invited to study Ramtha'...

Cults and New Religious Movements January 6, 2015 Joseph Pfeifer, The Psychological framing of cults 3 groups of undergraduates read indoctrination cases (Moonies, Marines, Roman Catholic Seminary) Was there Brain washing ...