| Description |
xviii, 284 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Bryan Wilson -- 1. New Religious Movements: their incidence and significance / Eileen Barker -- 2. The Easternisation of the West / Colin Campbell -- 3. Prosperity and the New Age Movement: the efficacy of spiritual economics / Paul Heelas -- 4. New Religious Movements: the legal dimension / Anthony Bradney -- 5. The mass media and New Religious Movements / James A. Beckford -- 6. New Religious Movements and mental health / Lawrence Lilliston and Gary Shepherd -- 7. Women in New Religious Movements / Elizabeth Puttick -- 8. New Religious Movements and the Churches / Colin Slee -- 9. Damanhur: a magical community in Italy / Massimo Introvigne -- 10. Japanese New Religious Movements in Brazil: from ethnic to 'universal' religions / Peter B. Clarke -- 11. Anti-cultists in the United States: an historical perspective / J. Gordon Melton -- 12. The response to New Religious Movements in East Germany after reunification / Frank Usarski |
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13. Britain's anti-cult movement / George D. Chryssides |
| Summary |
Focusing on five countries (Italy, Brazil, Germany, Britain and the United States), New Religious Movements offers a comprehensive and wide-ranging study of the phenomena and impact of new religions |
| Notes |
Published in association with the Institute of Oriental Philosophy European Centre |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cults.
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Religions.
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Sects.
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| Author |
Cresswell, Jamie.
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Wilson, Bryan R.
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Tōyō Tetsugaku Kenkyūjo. European Centre
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| LC no. |
98030970 |
| ISBN |
0415200490 |
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0415200504 (paperback) |
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