Douglas Davies (University of Durham), review of Daniel Enstedt, Göran Larsson, and Teemu T. Mantsinen (eds), Handbook of Leaving Religion, Leiden and Boston, Brill, 2020. Chapter: Carole M. Cusack, “Leaving New Religious Movements,” pp. 231-241. By Carole Cusack

https://www.academia.edu/143807086/Douglas_Davies_University_of_Durham_review_of_Daniel_Enstedt_G%C3%B6ran_Larsson_and_Teemu_T_Mantsinen_eds_Handbook_of_Leaving_Religion_Leiden_and_Boston_Brill_2020_Chapter_Carole_M_Cusack_Leaving_New_Religious_Movements_pp_231_241?email_work_card=title I wonder if you’ve ever ‘left’ your religious group, or what you think of those who do. If so, this collection of 27 short chapters might be for you. Arranged in three parts – ‘Historical and major debates’, ‘Case studies’ and ‘Theoretical and methodological approaches’ – it heralds an emergent field of study encompassing those who abandon, desert, reject or simply quietly leave the religious world that nurtured them or hosted them for decades.