Introduction Why Study Women in New Religions?

• Published in: Women in New Religions Vol. 3; p. 1
• Main Author: Vance, Laura
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United States NYU Press 13.03.2015; New York University Press
• Subjects: Anthropology; Applied sociology; Behavioral sciences; Charismatic movements; Christian philosophy; Christianity; Ethnography; Ethnology; Gender construction; Gender identity; Gender roles; Gender studies; Human societies; Jewish studies; Judaism; Protestant philosophy; Religion; Social dynamics; Social movements; Social sciences; Socialization; Sociology; Sociology of religion; Spiritual belief systems

Media and other popular depictions of new religions often highlight the bizarre: the mass suicide/murders of members of Peoples Temple at Jonestown, Guyana, polygamous marriages among Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints, the group suicide of Nike-clad followers of Heaven’s Gate, or collective weddings...