Exploring New ReligionsCassell, 1999 - 405 pages Adopting an objective stance, this book examines the teachings and practices of a wide variety of new religious groups. The first two chapters raise general issues about cults, such as definitions, statistics, evangelization tactics, issues of public concern and methods of study. Subsequent chapters deal with new religions by genre - the older minority groups, New Christian groups, Hindu and Buddhist groups, the self-religions and the New Age. Each of these chapters begins with a general discussion of the background to each type of movement and selects three representative movements for greater in-depth study. |
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... Christ , you see . I have followed after the example of Christ . When you see me it's no longer Jim Jones here . I'm crucified with Christ , nevertheless I live , yet not I , but Christ that lives here . Now Christ is in this body ...
... Christ , you see . I have followed after the example of Christ . When you see me it's no longer Jim Jones here . I'm crucified with Christ , nevertheless I live , yet not I , but Christ that lives here . Now Christ is in this body ...
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... Christ's appearance , Miller revised his calculations , and concluded that they were adrift by one year : what he ... Christ's ministry . Christ had now assumed his rule in heaven , and was beginning the investigative judgement ' . What ...
... Christ's appearance , Miller revised his calculations , and concluded that they were adrift by one year : what he ... Christ's ministry . Christ had now assumed his rule in heaven , and was beginning the investigative judgement ' . What ...
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... Christ's second presence . It must have been obvious to Rutherford , of course , that the world had not ended in 1914 , but yet he continued to endorse the 1914 date . What Rutherford was doing was offering an analysis of human history ...
... Christ's second presence . It must have been obvious to Rutherford , of course , that the world had not ended in 1914 , but yet he continued to endorse the 1914 date . What Rutherford was doing was offering an analysis of human history ...
Contents
The suicide cults | 33 |
The old new religions | 77 |
The New Christian movements 120 2 | 120 |
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