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This first book-length study of religious schisms as a general phenomenon draws widely from different traditions and geographical areas.

Introduction James R. Lewis and Sarah Lewis; Part I. Theoretical Overview: 1. Understanding schisms: theoretical explanations for their origins Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle; Part II. Survey of Schisms in Selected Traditions: Charismatic Authority in Islam: 2. An analysis of the cause of schisms in the Ummah Ron Geaves; 3. Schisms in Buddhism Alan Cole; 4. Schisms in Japanese new religious movements Robert Kisala; Part III. Christian Tradition: 5. Finishing the mystery - the Watch Tower and 'The 1917 Schism' George D. Chryssides; 6. Challenges to charismatic authority in the unificationist movement David G. Bromley and Rachel Bobbitt; 7. Persecution and schismogenesis: how a penitential crisis over mass apostasy facilitated the triumph of Catholic Christianity in the Roman Empire Joseph M. Bryant; Part IV. Western Esoteric Tradition: 8. Church universal and triumphant: shelter, succession and schism Susan J. Palmer and Michael Abravanel; 9. Schism and consolidation: the case of the theosophical movement Olav Hammer; 10. Satanists and nuts: the role of schisms in modern Satanism Jesper Aagaard Petersen; 11. Schism as midwife: how conflict aided the birth of a contemporary pagan community Murphy Pizza; Part V. Non-Western/Post Colonial: 12. Succession, religious switching, and schism in the Hare Krishna movement E. Burke Rochford, Jr.; 13. Schisms within Hindu guru groups: the transcendental meditation movement in North America Cynthia Ann Humes; 14. Schism in Babylon: colonialism, Afro-Christianity and Rastafari Christopher Partridge.