W Michael Ashcraft
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4790644 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | W Michael Ashcraft |
| NOMBRES | W Michael |
| APELLIDO | Ashcraft |
| FIRMA | ASHCRAFT W M |
| AFILIACIONES | Truman State University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 0 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1997 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
In Memoriam
Academic Advocacy for New Religious Movements
Seeing Things
Journal Article Seeing Things: Technologies of Vision and the Making of Mormonism Get access Seeing Things: Technologies of Vision and the Making of Mormonism. By Mason Kamana Allred. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2023. xii, 254 pp. Cloth, $99.00. Paper, $29.95.) W Michael Ashcraft W Michael Ashcraft Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal o…
Latter-day Screens
Latter-day Screens: Gender, Sexuality & Mediated Mormonism, by Brenda R. Weber. Duke University Press, 2019. 384pp., Hb. $109.95, ISBN-13: 9781478004264; Pb. $29.95, ISBN-13: 9781478004868
A Historical Introduction to the Study of New Religious Movements
The American public’s perception of New Religious Movements (NRMs) as fundamentally harmful cults stems from the "anticult" movement of the 1970s, which gave a sometimes hysterical and often distorted image of NRMs to the media. At the same time, academics pioneered a new field, studying these same NRMs from sociological and historical perspectives. They offered an interpretation that ran counter to that of the anticult movement. For these schola…
India in a Mind’s Eye
Book Review| February 01 2015 India in a Mind's Eye: Travels and Ruminations of an Ambivalent Pilgrim India in a Mind's Eye: Travels and Ruminations of an Ambivalent Pilgrim. By Steven J. Gelberg. Spiraleye Press, 2012. 191 pages. $15.69 paper; $7.99 e-book. W. Michael Ashcraft W. Michael Ashcraft 1Truman State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2015) 18 (3): 109–111. https://doi.org…
Jim Crow Wisdom
The title of this book, Jim Crow Wisdom , comes from Richard Wright’s essay, The Ethics of Living Jim Crow: An Autobiographical Sketch (New York: Viking Press, 1937). In that work, Wright recounts ...
LDS in the USA
Book Review| November 01 2013 LDS in the USA: Mormonism and the Making of American Culture LDS in the USA: Mormonism and the Making of American Culture. By Lee Trepanier and Lynita K. Newswander. Baylor University Press, 2012. 114 pages. $24.95 paper, $17.30 ebook. W. Michael Ashcraft, W. Michael Ashcraft Truman State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Ryan D. Harker Ryan D. Harker Anabaptist Menn…
Cults
Book Review| November 01 2013 Cults: A Reference and Guide. 3rd ed Cults: A Reference and Guide. 3rd ed. By James R. Lewis. Equinox Publishing Ltd., 2012. 250 pages. $99.95 cloth; $29.95 paper. W. Michael Ashcraft W. Michael Ashcraft Truman State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2013) 17 (2): 126. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2013.17.2.126 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & …
New Religious Movements
Book Review| February 01 2006 New Religious Movements: A Documentary Reader Dereck Daschke, Dereck Daschke Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar W. Michael Ashcraft W. Michael Ashcraft Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2006) 9 (3): 113–115. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2006.9.3.113 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Da…
The Dawn of the New Cycle
Field Notes A History of the Study of New Religious Movements1
The study of New Religious Movements (NRMs) has evolved over the last thirty to forty years by both design and chance. Beginning in the 1970s, scholars interested in NRMs studied specific groups, read one another's work, and ultimately met one another to fashion a "coalition of the mind," or scholarly yet interdisciplinary field of study, focused upon NRMs. The story of this development largely depends on the accounts provided by NRM scholars in …
Songs of Zion
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Songs of Zion
Field Notes A History of the Study of New Religious Movements1
The study of New Religious Movements (NRMs) has evolved over the last thirty to forty years by both design and chance. Beginning in the 1970s, scholars interested in NRMs studied specific groups, read one another's work, and ultimately met one another to fashion a "coalition of the mind," or scholarly yet interdisciplinary field of study, focused upon NRMs. The story of this development largely depends on the accounts provided by NRM scholars in …
New Religious Movements
Book Review| February 01 2006 New Religious Movements: A Documentary Reader Dereck Daschke, Dereck Daschke Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar W. Michael Ashcraft W. Michael Ashcraft Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2006) 9 (3): 113–115. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2006.9.3.113 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Da…
The Dawn of the New Cycle
LDS in the USA
Book Review| November 01 2013 LDS in the USA: Mormonism and the Making of American Culture LDS in the USA: Mormonism and the Making of American Culture. By Lee Trepanier and Lynita K. Newswander. Baylor University Press, 2012. 114 pages. $24.95 paper, $17.30 ebook. W. Michael Ashcraft, W. Michael Ashcraft Truman State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Ryan D. Harker Ryan D. Harker Anabaptist Menn…
Cults
Book Review| November 01 2013 Cults: A Reference and Guide. 3rd ed Cults: A Reference and Guide. 3rd ed. By James R. Lewis. Equinox Publishing Ltd., 2012. 250 pages. $99.95 cloth; $29.95 paper. W. Michael Ashcraft W. Michael Ashcraft Truman State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2013) 17 (2): 126. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2013.17.2.126 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & …
Jim Crow Wisdom
The title of this book, Jim Crow Wisdom , comes from Richard Wright’s essay, The Ethics of Living Jim Crow: An Autobiographical Sketch (New York: Viking Press, 1937). In that work, Wright recounts ...
India in a Mind’s Eye
Book Review| February 01 2015 India in a Mind's Eye: Travels and Ruminations of an Ambivalent Pilgrim India in a Mind's Eye: Travels and Ruminations of an Ambivalent Pilgrim. By Steven J. Gelberg. Spiraleye Press, 2012. 191 pages. $15.69 paper; $7.99 e-book. W. Michael Ashcraft W. Michael Ashcraft 1Truman State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2015) 18 (3): 109–111. https://doi.org…
A Historical Introduction to the Study of New Religious Movements
The American public’s perception of New Religious Movements (NRMs) as fundamentally harmful cults stems from the "anticult" movement of the 1970s, which gave a sometimes hysterical and often distorted image of NRMs to the media. At the same time, academics pioneered a new field, studying these same NRMs from sociological and historical perspectives. They offered an interpretation that ran counter to that of the anticult movement. For these schola…
Latter-day Screens
Latter-day Screens: Gender, Sexuality & Mediated Mormonism, by Brenda R. Weber. Duke University Press, 2019. 384pp., Hb. $109.95, ISBN-13: 9781478004264; Pb. $29.95, ISBN-13: 9781478004868
Seeing Things
Journal Article Seeing Things: Technologies of Vision and the Making of Mormonism Get access Seeing Things: Technologies of Vision and the Making of Mormonism. By Mason Kamana Allred. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2023. xii, 254 pp. Cloth, $99.00. Paper, $29.95.) W Michael Ashcraft W Michael Ashcraft Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal o…
Academic Advocacy for New Religious Movements
In Memoriam
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