Description:Celibate sister or devoted Hindu wife; domineering, sexually expressive lover or veiled Nubian bride in polygamy; or perhaps an asexual shaman. Such are the various roles available to women in today's new religious movements.Moon Sisters is one of the first books to delve into feminine conversion or opportunities for leadership that women have in these contemporary communal or millenarian groups.Working almost exclusively from interviews and first-hand data, Susan Palmer focuses on the following seven groups: Institute for the Development of the Harmonious Human Being International Society for Krishna Consciousness Rajneesh Movement Unification Church Institute of Applied Metaphysics Northeast Kingdom Community Church Raelian MovementShe questions why women join such groups, shows what innovative roles are afforded those women who choose to become members, and explains the groups' high rate of defection.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Moon Sisters, Krishna Mothers, Rajneesh Lovers: Women's Roles in New Religions. To get started finding Moon Sisters, Krishna Mothers, Rajneesh Lovers: Women's Roles in New Religions, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Moon Sisters, Krishna Mothers, Rajneesh Lovers: Women's Roles in New Religions
Description: Celibate sister or devoted Hindu wife; domineering, sexually expressive lover or veiled Nubian bride in polygamy; or perhaps an asexual shaman. Such are the various roles available to women in today's new religious movements.Moon Sisters is one of the first books to delve into feminine conversion or opportunities for leadership that women have in these contemporary communal or millenarian groups.Working almost exclusively from interviews and first-hand data, Susan Palmer focuses on the following seven groups: Institute for the Development of the Harmonious Human Being International Society for Krishna Consciousness Rajneesh Movement Unification Church Institute of Applied Metaphysics Northeast Kingdom Community Church Raelian MovementShe questions why women join such groups, shows what innovative roles are afforded those women who choose to become members, and explains the groups' high rate of defection.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Moon Sisters, Krishna Mothers, Rajneesh Lovers: Women's Roles in New Religions. To get started finding Moon Sisters, Krishna Mothers, Rajneesh Lovers: Women's Roles in New Religions, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.