New religious movements and the churches : report and papers of a consultation sponsored by the Lutheran World Federation and the World Council of Churches : Free University, Amsterdam, September 1986 / edited by Allan R. Brockway and J. Paul Rajashekar
Introduction / J. Paul Rajashekar -- Part I. Understanding New Religious Movements: -- A global phenomenon / Harold Turner -- Contemporary new religions in the West / Reinhart Hummel -- The new religious situation in Japan / Shinji Kanai -- Part II. Some Aspects of New Religious Movements: -- The world-view/cosmology of the new religious movements / Johannes Aagaard -- The emergence of a new religiosity in the western world / Jean-François Mayer -- Bringing them in: some observations on methods of recruitment employed by new religious movements / Eileen Barker -- A response / Rüdiger Hauth -- Religious liberty and socio-political values: legal threats to conversion in the United States / Dean M. Kelley -- Part III. Responding to New Religious Movements: -- Churches' response to innovative religious movements of the past / Reender Kranenborg -- A response / Friday M. Mbon -- Response of the churches to new religious movements: a report from North America / Diana L. Eck -- Dialogue with new religious movements? / Kenneth Cracknell
