Introduction: Why new religious movements? Lukas K. Pokorny and Franz Winter General questions What are new religious movements? Lukas K. Pokorny New religious movements, new religions, sects, cults - what's the difference? Franz Winter When is a new religious movement no longer "new"? Suzanne Owen, Leeds Trinity University Why do people join new religious movements? Joseph P. Laycock, Texas State University Why do people leave new religious movements? Carole Cusack, University of Sydney Are all new religious movements dangerous? Marie W. Dallam, University of Oklahoma Are most new religious movements violent? Rebecca Moore, San Diego State University Features Are new religious movements "global" religions? Ugo Dessi, University of Vienna What happens when founders die? Eileen Barker, London School of Economics What is it like being raised in a new religious movement? Sanja Nilsson, Dalarna University What about women and new religious movements? Nicole M. Bauer, University of Graz What is the attitude toward sex in new religious movements? Sanja Nilsson Are new religious movements more "spiritual" than the "old" religions? Steven J. Sutcliffe, University of Edinburgh What is the relationship between new religious movements and esotericism? Olav Hammer, University of Southern Denmark Do new religious movements have sacred books? Marco Frenschkowski, Leipzig University Do all new religious movements have secret teachings? Hugh Urban, Ohio State University What do new religious movements say about UFOs and Ets? Benjamin E. Zeller, Lake Forest College How do new religious movements use social media? Aled Thomas, University of Leeds Do Japanese manga deal with new religious movements? Elisabetta Porcu, University of Cape Town Movements Are there new religious movements in Judaism? Boaz Huss, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Are there new religious movements in Islam? Carole Cusack 38.

Are there new religious movements in Africa? Asaf Augusto and Eva Spies, both at University of Bayreuth 39. Are there new religious movements in South America? Bettina Schmidt, University of Wales Trinity St. David 40. Is Paganism a new religious movement? Ethan Doyle White, University of Hertfordshire Is Satanism a new religious movement? Per Faxneld, Sodertorn University What do yoga and meditation have to do with new religious movements? Suzanne Newcombe, Open University Are festivals new religious movements? Sara Eszter Heidl, University of Vienna Are Mormons Christian? Matthew Bowman, Claremont Graduate University Why do Jehovah's Witnesses reject blood transfusions? Milda Aliauskiene, Vytautas Magnus University.