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and Wicca
Author_David G. Bromley
Author_Douglas E. Cowan
brainwashing
Branch Davidians
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Cults
Dangerous Cults
David Berg
David Koresh
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experimentation
Falun Gong
Gerald Gardner
Heaven's Gate
Heaven’s Gate
introduction to religious studies
L. Ron Hubbard
modern witchcraft
Moonies
New Age Movement
new religions
new religious movements
Origins of Scientology
Ramtha
Religious Cult Fears
researching new religions
rituals
Science and Therapy
Scientology
social movements
social problems
sociology of religion
the Branch Davidians
the Children of God
The Family
The Family International
the Ramtha School of Enlightenment
Transcendental Meditation
UFO Groups
Unification Church
Unificationism
Wicca
world religions
Product details
- ISBN 9781118722107
- Weight: 363g
- Dimensions: 152 x 226mm
- Publication Date: 05 Jun 2015
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This unparalleled introduction to cults and new religious movements has been completely up-dated and expanded to reflect the latest developments; each chapter reviews the origins, leaders, beliefs, rituals and practices of a NRM, highlighting the specific controversies surrounding each group.
- A fully updated, revised and expanded edition of an unparalleled introduction to cults and new religious movements
- Profiles a number of the most visible, significant, and controversial new religious movements, presenting each group’s history, doctrines, rituals, leadership, and organization
- Offers a discussion of the major controversies in which new religious movements have been involved, using each profiled group to illustrate the nature of one of those controversies
- Covers debates including what constitutes an authentic religion, the validity of claims of brainwashing techniques, the implications of experimentation with unconventional sexual practices, and the deeply rooted cultural fears that cults engender
- New sections include methods of studying new religions in each chapter as well as presentations on ‘groups to watch’
Douglas E. Cowan is Professor of Religious Studies and Social Development Studies at Renison University College, at the University of Waterloo. He is the author of Cults and New Religious Movements: A Brief History, Cyberhenge: Modern Pagans on the Internet (2005), Bearing False Witness? An Introduction to the Christian Countercult(2003) Sacred Terror: Religion and Horror on the Silver Screen (2008) and Sacred Space: The Quest for Transcendence in Science Fiction Film and Television (2010).
David G. Bromley is Director of the World Religions and Spirituality Project and Professor of Religious Studies and Sociology in the School of World Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. His most recent publications include Defining Religion: Critical Approaches to Drawing Boundaries Between Sacred and Secular (2003) and Cults, Religion and Violence (2001).
David G. Bromley is Director of the World Religions and Spirituality Project and Professor of Religious Studies and Sociology in the School of World Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. His most recent publications include Defining Religion: Critical Approaches to Drawing Boundaries Between Sacred and Secular (2003) and Cults, Religion and Violence (2001).
