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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Page 82
... nature as an alternative to rationalism , book learning and institutional teaching such as that carried out by the Church or within universities . Nature , Emerson taught , was the true teacher , to be preferred by far to the ...
... nature as an alternative to rationalism , book learning and institutional teaching such as that carried out by the Church or within universities . Nature , Emerson taught , was the true teacher , to be preferred by far to the ...
Page 83
... nature , and nature was ultimately one with God . The world , being one with the self , is thus God's ' logos ' , or ' word ' . It is our mother and also the school at which we learn . Internal growth is therefore much superior to ...
... nature , and nature was ultimately one with God . The world , being one with the self , is thus God's ' logos ' , or ' word ' . It is our mother and also the school at which we learn . Internal growth is therefore much superior to ...
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... 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 and of the camar to make leather goods . ( Neither Hindu nor Buddhist thought ...
... 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 and of the camar to make leather goods . ( Neither Hindu nor Buddhist thought ...
Contents
The suicide cults | 33 |
The old new religions | 77 |
The New Christian movements 120 2 | 120 |
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