Exploring New ReligionsAdopting 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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Nature , Emerson taught , was the true teacher , to be preferred by far to the
scholarship and pedantry of academics . Oneness with nature entailed that there
was no separate self that stood apart from creation . This was based on an ...
Nature , Emerson taught , was the true teacher , to be preferred by far to the
scholarship and pedantry of academics . Oneness with nature entailed that there
was no separate self that stood apart from creation . This was based on an ...
Page 83
Nature does not exist independently of the mind , but as a set of ideas within it .
Just as the eye is not something which forms a barrier between oneself and the
world , but rather unifies them , so any division which appears to exist between
the ...
Nature does not exist independently of the mind , but as a set of ideas within it .
Just as the eye is not something which forms a barrier between oneself and the
world , but rather unifies them , so any division which appears to exist between
the ...
Page 188
The connection with dharma here is that the root meaning of the Sanskrit word
dharma is ' essential nature ' or ' essence ' . Thus it is the essential nature of
humanity to refrain from killing and stealing ; it is the essence of the brahmin to
study ...
The connection with dharma here is that the root meaning of the Sanskrit word
dharma is ' essential nature ' or ' essence ' . Thus it is the essential nature of
humanity to refrain from killing and stealing ; it is the essence of the brahmin to
study ...
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Contents
The suicide cults | 33 |
The old new religions | 77 |
The New Christian movements | 120 |
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| Title | Exploring New Religions Exploring New Religions, George D. Chryssides Issues in contemporary religion |
| Author | George D. Chryssides |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Cassell, 1999 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 6 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0304336513, 9780304336517 |
| Length | 405 pages |
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