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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... Authority , in which volunteers demonstrated their preparedness to obey the instructions of the experimenter , a presumed ' authority figure ' , who sanctioned the administration of high - voltage electric shocks to others . For those ...
... Authority , in which volunteers demonstrated their preparedness to obey the instructions of the experimenter , a presumed ' authority figure ' , who sanctioned the administration of high - voltage electric shocks to others . For those ...
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... authority over the community - an authority which was also embedded in the group's constitution . The institution of the Jewish sabbath as the day of rest and worship was part of an attempt to recognize the authority of the whole Bible ...
... authority over the community - an authority which was also embedded in the group's constitution . The institution of the Jewish sabbath as the day of rest and worship was part of an attempt to recognize the authority of the whole Bible ...
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... authority passed to the ' Hands of the Cause of God ' - some 27 people whom Effendi had appointed as ' Chief Stewards of the Faith ' . Today the Baha'i seat of authority is in the Universal House of Justice , in Haifa in Israel , which ...
... authority passed to the ' Hands of the Cause of God ' - some 27 people whom Effendi had appointed as ' Chief Stewards of the Faith ' . Today the Baha'i seat of authority is in the Universal House of Justice , in Haifa in Israel , which ...
Contents
The suicide cults | 33 |
The old new religions | 77 |
The New Christian movements 120 2 | 120 |
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