• VISIT IAFOR
  • IAFOR PHOTO AWARD
  • IAFOR FILM AWARD
  • IAFOR HAIKU AWARD

THINK.IAFOR.ORG

THE ACADEMIC PLATFORM

Menu

Skip to content
  • Home
  • Featured
    • Essential Knowledge
    • IAFOR Keynotes
    • In Depth
    • Interviews
    • Opinion
    • IAFOR Japan Research Institute
    • Death in the Japanese Tradition
  • Subject Area
    • The Arts & Literature
    • Business & Economics
    • Cultural & Area Studies
    • Education
    • Ethics, Religion & Philosophy
    • History
    • Humanities & Social Sciences
    • Language Learning
    • Media, Film & Journalism
    • Politics, International Relations & Law
    • Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences
    • Sustainability, Energy & the Environment
    • Technology
  • World
    • Asia
    • Americas
    • Europe
    • Africa & The Middle East
    • Global
  • Media
    • Video
  • Conferences
  • About
    • Submit
    • Licensing & Copyright
  • Links
  • Search

Author: George D. Chryssides

Dr. Chryssides is Honorary Research Fellow in Contemporary Religion at the University of Birmingham, after being Head of Religious Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, from 2001 to 2008. George Chryssides obtained a First Class Honours M.A. degree in philosophy at the University of Glasgow, and a First Class Honours Bachelor of Divinity in systematic theology. He subsequently undertook postgraduate research at the University of Oxford, obtaining his doctorate in 1974. From the 1980, George Chryssides’ main interest has been new religious movements, on which he has authored numerous books and scholarly articles. Recent publications include Historical Dictionary of Jehovah’s Witnesses (2008), Heaven’s Gate: Postmodernity and Popular Culture in a Suicide Group (2011), Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements (2012), The Bloomsbury Companion to New Religious Movements (co-edited with Benjamin E. Zeller,2014), and Jehovah’s Witnesses: Continuity and Change (2015). He is a regular presenter at national and international conferences.
George D. Chryssides on Power, Empowerment and Disempowerment in Religion
Ethics, Religion & Philosophy

Video: Dr. George D. Chryssides on New Religions & Cults

Dr. George D. Chryssides discusses the emergence of new religions and cults with IAFOR Chairman Stuart D.B. Picken in an IAFOR Video Interview.

MORE >>
0
George D. Chryssides
Marshall Herff Applewhite heaven's gate
History, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Power, Empowerment and Disempowerment in Religion

Dr. George D. Chryssides looks at the nature of power in religious communities, with particular reference to new religious movements, or “cults”, and how this power is used by leaders.

MORE >>
0
George D. Chryssides
 

Loading Comments...