Mystics and Messiahs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mystics and Messiahs write by Philip Jenkins. This book was released on 2000. Mystics and Messiahs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this full-length account of cults and anti-cult scares in American history, Jenkins gives accurate historical perspective and shows how many of today's mainstream religions were originally regarded as cults.
Cults and New Religious Movements: A Reader
Cults and New Religious Movements: A Reader - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cults and New Religious Movements: A Reader write by Lorne Dawson. This book was released on 2003-06-09. Cults and New Religious Movements: A Reader available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What is a cult? Why do they emerge? Who joins them? And why do tragedies such as Waco and Jonestown occur? This reader brings together the voices of historians, sociologists, and psychologists of religion to address these key questions about new religious movements. Looks at theoretical explanations for cults, why people join and what happens when they do. Brings together the best work on cults by sociologists, historians, and psychologists of religion. A broad-ranging, balanced and clearly organized collection of readings. Includes coverage of topical issues, such as the 'brainwashing' controversy, and cults in cyberspace. Section introductions by the editor situate the nature, value, and relevance of the selected readings in context of current discussions.
The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions
The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions write by James R. Lewis. This book was released on 2001-03. The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Surpassing the scope and the thoroughness of the first edition, this new edition of The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions is the most wide-ranging and accessible resource on the historically significant and more obscure, sinister, and bizarre religious groups. Including many entries by scholarly specialists, this volume explains more than 1,000 diverse groups and movements, from such well-known sects as the Branch Davidians, Aum Shinrikyo, and Heaven's Gate, to obscure groups like Ordo Templi Satanas, Witches International, and the Nudist Christian Church of the Blessed Virgin Jesus. In addition to an exhaustive index and handy cross-references, the second edition includes over a hundred new topical entries on subjects relevant to understanding sectarian movements, from snake-handling and satanic ritual abuse to brainwashing and exorcism.This book, a must for all libraries and schools, will endure as the first and only point of reference for researchers, scholars, students, and anyone interested in fringe religious groups.
Encyclopedia of Cults and New Religions
Encyclopedia of Cults and New Religions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Encyclopedia of Cults and New Religions write by John Ankerberg. This book was released on 1999. Encyclopedia of Cults and New Religions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Brief synopses of more than 30 influential groups, including the Integral Yoga Institute, Tibetan Buddhism, and the Human Potential movement, are also covered. Each major group is contrasted with traditional biblical teachings for easy comparison and study. Straightforward organization and clearly marked sections make [this book] easy to use. Other helpful features include: brief summaries of basic tenants and sources of authority; helpful charts for quick reference; an in-depth doctrinal appendix for further study..." -- BACK COVER.
Encyclopedia of New Religions
Encyclopedia of New Religions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Encyclopedia of New Religions write by Christopher Hugh Partridge. This book was released on 2004. Encyclopedia of New Religions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A comprehensive and authoritative guide to over 200 new religions, sects and alternative spiritualities
