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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... Mormon , and which first became available publicly in 1830 . The transition from Mormonism's Palmyra period to its establish- ment in Salt Lake City is somewhat more complex . Faced with local opposition and limited acceptance of his ...
... Mormon , and which first became available publicly in 1830 . The transition from Mormonism's Palmyra period to its establish- ment in Salt Lake City is somewhat more complex . Faced with local opposition and limited acceptance of his ...
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... Mormon territory , and Mormons are still the majority there today , constituting 51 per cent of the population . The Book of Mormon is somewhat of an enigma . If it was indeed written in the circumstances described by the Mormon ...
... Mormon territory , and Mormons are still the majority there today , constituting 51 per cent of the population . The Book of Mormon is somewhat of an enigma . If it was indeed written in the circumstances described by the Mormon ...
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... Mormon prophet Lehi , whose story is told in the Book of Mormon by his son Nephi . We are told that Lehi lived towards the end of the sixth century BCE . He is not mentioned in Jewish scripture , but is held to have been a contemporary ...
... Mormon prophet Lehi , whose story is told in the Book of Mormon by his son Nephi . We are told that Lehi lived towards the end of the sixth century BCE . He is not mentioned in Jewish scripture , but is held to have been a contemporary ...
Contents
The suicide cults | 33 |
The old new religions | 77 |
The New Christian movements 120 2 | 120 |
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