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Sects Cults and Alternative Religions
Author | : David V. Barrett |
Publsiher | : Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 071372756X |
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The book "reveals the beliefs and practices of many modern sects and cults. It explains where they came from.
Alternative Religions
Author | : Stephen J. Hunt |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2019-11-07 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1138708542 |
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Title first published in 2003. Alternative religions attract great public, academic and government interest in our apparently post-Christian society. Yet how did all the 'alternatives' develop, what are their beliefs and practices and how significant is their impact in terms of the world's religions and society? This book presents a comprehensive introduction to the major forms of alternative religions: Cults, Sects, New Religious Movements, the New Age, Fundamentalism, Pentecostalism, Ethnic Religions and Quasi-religions. Stephen Hunt presents sociological insights into the rise of alternative religions, their beliefs and practices, their impact, who joins them, and how they are being classified and could be re-classified in the future. Public and legal controversies surrounding some alternative religions, such as the so-called 'dangerous cults', are also explored. This book offers students insights into contemporary themes such as secularisation, post-modernity, links between religion, healing and and changes in our global culture.
The New Believers
Author | : David V. Barrett |
Publsiher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0304355925 |
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This is a much expanded, revised and totally updated edition of David Barrett's excellent guide and source book of the world's off-beat and alternative religions, organisations, sects, cults and movements.
Alternative Religions
Author | : Stephen J. Hunt |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2017-09-28 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1138708550 |
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Title first published in 2003. Alternative religions attract great public, academic and government interest in our apparently post-Christian society. Yet how did all the 'alternatives' develop, what are their beliefs and practices and how significant is their impact in terms of the world's religions and society? This book presents a comprehensive introduction to the major forms of alternative religions: Cults, Sects, New Religious Movements, the New Age, Fundamentalism, Pentecostalism, Ethnic Religions and Quasi-religions. Stephen Hunt presents sociological insights into the rise of alternative religions, their beliefs and practices, their impact, who joins them, and how they are being classified and could be re-classified in the future. Public and legal controversies surrounding some alternative religions, such as the so-called 'dangerous cults', are also explored. This book offers students insights into contemporary themes such as secularisation, post-modernity, links between religion, healing and and changes in our global culture.
Unsafe Sects
Author | : Roger E. Olson |
Publsiher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 2023-08-29 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781666765083 |
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For some decades American (and other) culture has been obsessed with cults. But what does "cult" mean? How should a religious group be identified as a cult? Who joins cults and why? These and other questions are answered in this book. It provides a basic introduction to cults, "unsafe sects," especially from an orthodox Christian perspective. Here readers will also find accounts of the author's personal experiences of cults.
Another Gospel
Author | : Ruth A. Tucker |
Publsiher | : HarperCollins Christian Publishing |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0310259371 |
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Ruth A. Tucker's book is a comprehensive survey of all the major alternative religions in the United States, including the new groups since the 1960s.
Alternative Religions
Author | : Stephen Hunt |
Publsiher | : Ashgate Publishing |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : UOM:39015056440731 |
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Outside the remit of traditional Christianity alternative religion is seen as controversial by many and equated with so-called cults. Stephen Hunt's study explains what these religions are and who believes what and practises what in their numerous manifestations.
Cults and New Religions
Author | : Douglas E. Cowan,David G. Bromley |
Publsiher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : UVA:X030262354 |
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An overview of the development of new religions and the controversies surrounding them in late modern society. A stimulating, course-friendly overview of the history and development of new religious movements (NRMs) in the late twentieth century Explores eight cults and NRMs, including the Church of Scientology, Transcendental Meditation, Unificationism, The Family International, the Ramtha School of Enlightenment, the Branch Davidians, Heaven’s Gate, and Wicca Each chapter reviews the origins, leaders, beliefs, rituals and practices of a NRM, highlighting the specific controversies surrounding this group Covers debates including what constitutes an authentic religion, the validity of claims of brainwashing techniques, the implications of experimentation with unconventional sexual practices, and the deeply rooted cultural fears that cults engender.