Issues relating to sexuality, eroticism and gender are often connected to religious beliefs and practices, but also to prejudices against and fear of religious groups that adopt alternative approaches to sexuality. This is especially apparent in connection with new religious movements, which many times find themselves accused by the media and anti-cultists of promoting illicit and controversial views on sexuality. This anthology aims to critically investigate the role of sexuality in a number of new religious movements, including Mormon fundamentalist communities, the Branch Davidians, the Osho movement, the Raël movement, contemporary Wicca and Satanism, in addition to the teachings of Adidam and Gurdjieff on sexuality.

Henrik Bogdan, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Martha Sonntag Bradley, Cornell University, USA Chas S. Clifton, Colorado State University-Pueblo, USA Anthony Costabile, Adidam Midwest Center, USA Jennifer Lara Fagen, Lamar University, USA Per Faxneld, Stockholm University, Sweden James R. Lewis, University of Tromsø, Norway Susan Palmer, Concordia University, Canada Jesper Aagaard Petersen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Johanna J. M. Petsche, University of Sydney , Australia Roshani Cari Shay, Western Oregon University, USA Stuart A. Wright, Lamar University, USA