The Cambridge Companion to New Religious Movements, edited by Olav Hammer and Mikael Rothstein. Cambridge University Press, 2012. 341pp. Hb. $84.99, ISBN-13: 9780521196505; Pb. $29.95, ISBN-13: 9780521145657

Authors

  • Carole Cusack University of Sydney

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ijsnr.v6i1.27726

Keywords:

new religious movements

Author Biography

  • Carole Cusack, University of Sydney

    Carole M. Cusack is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Sydney. Her research interests include religious conversion, northern European mythology and religion, medieval Christianity, secularization and contemporary religious trends. She is the author of Conversion Among the Germanic Peoples (Cassell, 1998), The Essence of Buddhism (Lansdowne, 2001), Invented Religions: Imagination, Fiction and Faith (Ashgate, 2010), and The Sacred Tree: Ancient and Medieval Manifestations (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011). She has co-edited several volumes, including Religion and Retributive Logic: Essays in Honour of Professor Garry W. Trompf (Brill, 2010) with Christopher Hartney and New Religions and Cultural Production (Brill 2012) with Alex Norman. She has published widely in academic journals and edited collections. With Christopher Hartney (University of Sydney) she is Editor of the Journal of Religious History (published by Wiley) and with Liselotte Frisk (Dalarna University, Sweden) she is Editor of the International Journal for the Study of New Religions (published by Equinox).

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2015-07-30

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How to Cite

Cusack, C. (2015). The Cambridge Companion to New Religious Movements, edited by Olav Hammer and Mikael Rothstein. Cambridge University Press, 2012. 341pp. Hb. $84.99, ISBN-13: 9780521196505; Pb. $29.95, ISBN-13: 9780521145657. International Journal for the Study of New Religions, 6(1), 106-108. https://doi.org/10.1558/ijsnr.v6i1.27726