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Author Hunt, Stephen, 1954-

Title Alternative religions : a sociological introduction / Stephen J. Hunt
Published Aldershot ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2003

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Description xix, 268 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
regular print
Contents 1. Alternative religion in perspective -- 2. Cults -- 3. Sectarianism -- 4. Christian fundamentalism -- 5. Pentecostalism and movements of Christian renewal -- 6. New Religious Movements -- 7. Some major New Religious Movements -- 8. The New Age -- 9. Neo-Paganism and esoteric spiritualities -- 10. Popular forms of religiosity -- 11. Human potential and healing movements -- 12. World religions and the faiths of ethnic minorities -- 13. Quasi-religions -- 14. The 'rise' of the alternatives: some implications
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-255) and index
Subject New Age movement.
Pentecostalism.
Fundamentalism.
Cults.
Sects.
Religions.
Religion and sociology.
Christianity and other religions.
LC no. 2002027695
ISBN 0754634108 paperback alkaline paper
0754634094 hardback alkaline paper