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COURSE RESOURCES The resources listed in this section of the Teaching &Learning Project represent the most recent available volumes are are intended primarily for academics organizing courses on alternative and emerging religious/spiritual movements. Recent Authored Course Texts Lorne. Dawson. 2017. Cults in Context: Readings in the Study of New Religious Movements. Toronto: Oxford University. Joseph Laycock. 2022. New Religious Movements: The Basics. New York: Routledge. Hugh Urban. 2015. New Age, Neopagan, and New Religious Movements: Alternative Spirituality in Contemporary America. Berkeley: University of California Press. Recent Edited Volumes Eileen Barker and Beth Singler, eds. 2021. Radical Transformations in Minority Religions. New York: Routledge. Henrik Bogdan and James R. Lewis, eds. 2016.  Sexuality and New Religious Movements. ‎ London: Palgrave Macmillan. Emily Suzanne Clark and Brad Stoddard. 2019. Race and New…

GLORIAVALE TIMELINE 1926:  Neville Barclay Cooper was born. 1947:  Cooper, who was twenty-one married his first wife, Gloria, who was fifteen. 1950:  Cooper (later, Hopeful Christian) became an evangelist in Australia. 1967:  Cooper traveled to New Zealand as an evangelist. 1969:  Cooper lead a schism in the New Life Church in Rangiora. 1971:  A Christian school was founded at Springbank farm near Rangiora. 1977:  The Christian Community Church of Springbank founded. 1987:  The Hutterites visited the Springbank church. 1991:  Cooper’s first wife, Gloria, died. 1991:  The community purchased a new site for Gloriavale at Haupiri Valley, on the West Coast. 1993:  Cooper was charged by the police with sexual offenses. 1995:  Sale of the Springbank church was completed. Mid-1990s:  Neville Cooper adopted a religious name, Hopeful Christian. 1995:  Hopeful Christian…

MAGNIFICAT MEAL TIMELINE 1953 (June 17):  Debra Burslem was born in Melbourne. 1973:  Debra Burslem married Gordon Geileskey. 1992 (some date to 1986 or 1990):  The Magnificat Meal Movement (MMM) began in Melbourne. 1993:  The Geileskeys’ real estate business collapsed; they relocated to Toowoomba (Queensland). 1993:  The Magnificat Meal Movement arrived in Toowoomba (Queensland). The group soon moved to nearby Helidon. 1995 (December):  The Geileskeys  moved into “Shrine of Mary” at Mary’s Mount, Helidon. 1996 (February):  MMM families begin relocating to Mary’s Mount. 1996 (May 17):  Bishop Morris wrote to Priests indicating the MMM had no official church approval. 1997:  Debra Geileskey clashed with the Parish Priest at Helidon. 1997 (July 1):  Bishop Morris issued a statement reiterating his earlier letter to priests. 1997 (September 1):  Bishop of Toowoomba, William…

CHRISTIAN EXODUS TIMELINE 1976:  Cory Burnell was born 2004 (March):  Christian Exodus was launched. 2007 (Fall):  Christian Exodus announced that some supporters would resettle in Gem County Idaho. 2007:  Cory Burnell resigned as head of Christian Exodus and was replaced by Keith Humphrey. FOUNDER/GROUP HISTORY Communities of various types founded around religious or spiritual principles have been commonplace through American history. Several of the early colonies were organized around religious principles, and the American landscape has continuously been dotted with self-contained communes. At present, there are numerous religious and spiritual enclaves scattered through the contemporary U.S.: Spiritualism camps; New Age centers; Mormon polygamous and conservative Jewish communities; and Amish and Hutterite settlements. Contemporary organized resettling of populations for a combination of religious and political reasons, as is the case with…

ELIZABETH ANN BAYLEY SETON TIMELINE 1774 (August 28):  Elizabeth Ann Bayley was born in Manhattan. 1794 (January 25):  Elizabeth Bayley married William Magee Seton. 1795 (May 23):  Daughter Anna Maria was born. 1796 (November 25):  Son William was born. 1798 (July 20):  Son Richard was born. 1800 (June 28):  Daughter Catherine was born. 1802 (August 20):  Daughter Rebecca was born. 1803 (Fall):  Elizabeth and William Seton (her husband) traveled to Italy in search of respite for William’s tuberculosis. There she encountered Antonio and Filippo Filicchi, who encouraged Elizabeth to convert to Catholic Christianity. 1803 (December 27):  William M. Seton died of tuberculosis. 1804 (March):  The widowed Elizabeth Seton returned to the United States. 1806 (Spring):  Seton converted to Catholic Christianity. 1808 (June):  Seton arrived in Baltimore to teach at a…

INSTITUTE IN BASIC LIFE PRINCIPLES TIMELINE 1934:  Bill Gothard was born to parents Carmen and William Gothard. 1957:  Bill Gothard received his B.A. in Biblical Studies from Wheaton College. 1961:  Bill Gothard founded an inner-city Chicago-based ministry called Campus Teams. 1964:  Wheaton College invited Gothard to present a two-week seminar about his work in Chicago. Gothard named the course “Basic Youth Conflicts.” 1965:  Gothard incorporated the Basic Youth Conflicts seminar tour into his Campus Teams ministry, ultimately drawing tens of thousands of attendees per seminar. 1984:  In response to growing demand as the Christian homeschooling movement took off, Gothard launched a homeschooling curriculum and pilot program, the Advanced Training Institute of America, for around 100 families. 1989:  As the organization expanded its focus, it rebranded as the Institute in Basic…

SYNAGOGUE CHURCH OF ALL NATIONS (SCOAN) TIMELINE 1963 (June 12):  Abdul-Fatai Temitope Balogun (later to become T. B. Joshua) was born in Arigidi, Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria, Kolawole Balogun and Folarin Balogun. 1968 (December 17):  Evelyn Akabude was born in Delta State, Nigeria. 1971–1977:  Known simply as Francis Balogun, Joshua attended St. Stephen Anglican Primary School, Ikare-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria. He completed one year of secondary school and then dropped out. Worked on a poultry farm after dropping out of school. 1987:  Joshua claimed an inaugural vision after a forty-days and forty-nights of prayer and fasting on a “Prayer Mountain” and then going into a three-day trance which was to lead to the launching of his ministry. 1987:  Joshua started “The Synagogue Church of All Nations” (SCOAN) in Lagos with…