Larry D Shinn
Biographic Data
| ID | 270590 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Larry D Shinn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Larry D |
| FAMILY NAME | Shinn |
| SIGNATURE | SHINN L D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oberlin College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cult Conversions and the Courts: Some Ethical Issues in Academic Expert Testimony
Scholars of religious traditions and behaviors recognize the multiple interpretations that can be given to any religious group, symbol, or action. Students of New Religious Movements in particular are aware of the myriad ways such groups behave as they organize themselves in ever-changing social and institutional structures. How then are scholars who are aware of the conflicting information or nuances of interpretations of NRMs to answer when pla…
Krishna Consciousness in the West
Scholars of comparative religion, theology, philosophy, history, sociology, and psychology and members of the Hare Krishna movement discuss the history, theology, and organization of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness and public reaction to the movement in America
The Hare Krishnas in India
Lustful Maidens and Ascetic Kings: Buddhist and Hindu Stories of Life
The Elementary Forms of the New Religious Life
This book, first published in 1984, examines the whole range of new religious movements which appeared in the 1960s and 1970s in the West. It develops a wide-ranging theory of these new religions which explains many of their major characteristics. Some of the movements are well-known, such as Scientology, Krishna Consciousness, and the Unification Church. Others such as the Process, Meher Baba, and 3-HO are much less known. While some became inte…
Auroville: Visionary Images and Social Consequences in a South Indian Utopian Community
The utopian community of Auroville (‘City of Dawn’) is nestled along the Coromandel Coast of India approximately five miles north of Pondicherry. Though conceived as a harmonious society and city modelled after the integrative philosophy of the twentieth-century philosopher-mystic, Aurobindo, Auroville has been from its inception a collection of disparate settlements embodying social fragmentation not unity. The question this essay attempts to an…
Fires of Love, Waters of Peace
The Goddess: Theological Sign or Religious Symbol
Precision or Reductionism: Whence Myth Studies
Of the whole field of religious studies, one area of consistent interest and activity has been the study of myth; and if any one area has represented the wide variety of approaches scholars of religion have utilized, it is this one. Students of language and literature (e.g. F. Max Müller and J. Campbell), psychology (e.g. S. Freud and C. Jung), sociology (e.g. E. Durkheim and P. Berger), social anthropology (e.g. B. Malinowski, V. Turner and C. L…
The Elementary Forms of the New Religious Life
This book, first published in 1984, examines the whole range of new religious movements which appeared in the 1960s and 1970s in the West. It develops a wide-ranging theory of these new religions which explains many of their major characteristics. Some of the movements are well-known, such as Scientology, Krishna Consciousness, and the Unification Church. Others such as the Process, Meher Baba, and 3-HO are much less known. While some became inte…
The Goddess: Theological Sign or Religious Symbol
Precision or Reductionism: Whence Myth Studies
Of the whole field of religious studies, one area of consistent interest and activity has been the study of myth; and if any one area has represented the wide variety of approaches scholars of religion have utilized, it is this one. Students of language and literature (e.g. F. Max Müller and J. Campbell), psychology (e.g. S. Freud and C. Jung), sociology (e.g. E. Durkheim and P. Berger), social anthropology (e.g. B. Malinowski, V. Turner and C. L…
Auroville: Visionary Images and Social Consequences in a South Indian Utopian Community
The utopian community of Auroville (‘City of Dawn’) is nestled along the Coromandel Coast of India approximately five miles north of Pondicherry. Though conceived as a harmonious society and city modelled after the integrative philosophy of the twentieth-century philosopher-mystic, Aurobindo, Auroville has been from its inception a collection of disparate settlements embodying social fragmentation not unity. The question this essay attempts to an…
Fires of Love, Waters of Peace
The Goddess: Theological Sign or Religious Symbol
Lustful Maidens and Ascetic Kings: Buddhist and Hindu Stories of Life
The Elementary Forms of the New Religious Life
This book, first published in 1984, examines the whole range of new religious movements which appeared in the 1960s and 1970s in the West. It develops a wide-ranging theory of these new religions which explains many of their major characteristics. Some of the movements are well-known, such as Scientology, Krishna Consciousness, and the Unification Church. Others such as the Process, Meher Baba, and 3-HO are much less known. While some became inte…
The Hare Krishnas in India
Krishna Consciousness in the West
Scholars of comparative religion, theology, philosophy, history, sociology, and psychology and members of the Hare Krishna movement discuss the history, theology, and organization of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness and public reaction to the movement in America
Cult Conversions and the Courts: Some Ethical Issues in Academic Expert Testimony
Scholars of religious traditions and behaviors recognize the multiple interpretations that can be given to any religious group, symbol, or action. Students of New Religious Movements in particular are aware of the myriad ways such groups behave as they organize themselves in ever-changing social and institutional structures. How then are scholars who are aware of the conflicting information or nuances of interpretations of NRMs to answer when pla…
Philosophy (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (7 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Religious studies (5 works) · Theology (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 works) · History (2 works)