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Blackwell Pub.
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260

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Cults and New Religions: A Brief History
2015, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
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Cults and New Religions: A Brief History
2015, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
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Cults and New Religions: A Brief History
2015, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
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Table of Contents

Cults and new religions : a primer
The range of new religious movements
Controversy and the popular perception of new religious movements
The Church of Scientology : the question of religion
Ron Hubbard and the origins of Scientology
Beliefs and practices of the church of scientology
The organizational structure of the Church of Scientology
The Church of Scientology and the question of religion
Transcendental meditation : the questions of science and therapy
Maharishi Mahesh yogi and the arrival of transcendental meditation
Beliefs and practices of transcendental meditation
The growth and development of transcendental meditation
Transcendental meditation : the questions of science and therapy
Ramtha and the new age : the question of the dangerous cult
Who is JZ Knight and who is Ramtha?
History and development of Ramtha's school of enlightenment
Beliefs and practices of Ramtha's school of enlightenment
Rise and the question of the dangerous cult
The Unification Church/the family federation : the brainwashing/deprogramming controversy
Sun Myung Moon : Savior from the East
Doctrinal beliefs and ritual practices of the Unification Church
The growth and organization of the Unification Church outside Korea
Brainwashing, deprogramming, and the Unification Church
The children of God/the Family international : the issue of sexuality
Mo : David Berg and the origins of the Children of God
Social organization of the Children of God/the Family
Beliefs, rituals, and practices of the Children of God/the Family
The Children of God/the Family and the issue of sexuality
The Branch Davidians : the problem of mass media
The historical development of the Branch Davidians
Beliefs and practices of the Branch Davidians under David Koresh
The siege at Waco and the problem of mass media
Heavens Gate : the question of cults and violence
Ti, do, and the origins of Heavens Gate
Beliefs and practices of Heavens Gate
Recruitment and social organization in Heavens Gate
The evolutionary level above human : the continuum of new religious movements and violence
Wicca and witchcraft : confronting cultural fears
Gerald Gardner and the origins of modern witchcraft
Social organization and development of modern witchcraft and wicca
Beliefs, rituals, and practices of modern witchcraft and wicca
Satanic panic : the legacy of religious cult fears
Rethinking cults : the significance of new religious movements
Perspectives : cults versus new religious movements
New religions as experimental faiths.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Malden, MA
Series
Blackwell brief histories of religion series

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
200.9/04
Library of Congress
BL80.3 .C69 2007, BL80.3 .C69 2008, BL80.3.C69 2007

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
260

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17171942M
Internet Archive
cultsnewreligion0000cowa
ISBN 13
9781405161275, 9781405161282
LCCN
2006037932
OCLC/WorldCat
76792017
Goodreads
2441332

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