| Physical description |
1 online resource (x, 405 pages) |
| Series |
Issues in contemporary religion |
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Issues in contemporary religion.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Methodological issues; 2. The ''suicide cults''; 3. The old new religions; 4. The ''New Christian'' movements; 5. New religions in the Hindu tradition; 6. New forms of Buddhism; 7. Independent new religions; 8. The Human Potential Movement; 9. New Age, witchcraft and Paganism; 10. The counter-cult movement; Appendix 1: Statistical data; Appendix 2: Compendium; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. |
| Summary |
An objective, well-researched history of contemporary new religions and cults. New religious movements - popularly known as cults - arouse strong public opinion and most books on the subject are polemical, giving hostile reaction rather than informed exploration. Exploring New Religions provides an account of a wide variety of new religions, focusing on their origins, beliefs and practices, which are set out in a dispassionate way, leaving readers to form their own value judgements. George Chryssides provides important analysis of the killer cults-the Jonestown People's Temple, Waco, the Solar. |
| Subject |
Religions.
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Cults.
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| ISBN |
9780826438904 (electronic bk.) |
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0826438903 (electronic bk.) |
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