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The new believers : a survey of sects, cults and alternative religions / David V. Barrett.
Record details
- ISBN: 0304355925
- Physical Description: 544 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: London : Cassell ; 2001.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Revised and greatly expanded edition of ... Sects, cults & alternative religions"--P. 9. Includes index. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Bibliography: p. 525-534. |
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| Subject: | Cults. Sects. Religions. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at State Library of Alabama.
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| Machine generated contents note: PART ONE: MAJOR ISSUES OF ALTERNATIVE RELGIONS | ||
| 1 WHO, WHAT AND WHY: The purpose of this book | ||
| 2 Is IT A CULT, OR A REAL RELIGION? The problem of definition | ||
| 3 SECTS APPEAL: Conversion, recruitment, mind control or brainwashing? | ||
| 4 WOULD YOU LET YOUR DAUGHTER MARRY ONE? Problems for families of members | ||
| 5 So HARD TO SAY 'GOODBYE': Problems of leaving a movement | ||
| 6 AFTER THE PROPHET DIES: How movements change | ||
| 7 IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: Apocalyptic beliefs | ||
| 8 CULTS THAT KILL: How, why, and can it happen again? | ||
| 9 WATCHING THE WATCHERS: The variety of cult experts | ||
| 10 HISTORICAL DIVERSITY: A brief summary of world religions | ||
| PART TWO: ALTERNATIVE RELIGIONS AND OTHER GROUPS | ||
| 11 COMPLEXITY OF CHRISTIANITY | ||
| 12 CHRISTIAN ORIGINS | ||
| Unitarians | ||
| The New Church and Swedenborgianism | ||
| Mormons | ||
| Exclusive Brethren | ||
| New Apostolic Church | ||
| Seventh-day Adventists | ||
| Christadelphians | ||
| Christian Science | ||
| Jehovah's Witnesses | ||
| Liberal Catholic Church and Wandering Bishops | ||
| Christian Community and Anthroposophy | ||
| Opus Dei | ||
| Unification Church | ||
| The Late Twentieth-century Evangelical Resurgence | ||
| The Family | ||
| Jesus Army | ||
| Universal Church of the Kingdom of God | ||
| International Church of Christ | ||
| Ellel Ministries | ||
| Toronto Blessing and Vineyard | ||
| Alpha Course | ||
| 13 OTHER 'RELIGIONS OF THE BOOK' ORIGINS | ||
| Baha'i Faith | ||
| Nation of Islam | ||
| Holy Tabernade Ministries | ||
| Messiah/H'al Mahshiyach | ||
| Rastafarian Movement | ||
| 14 EASTERN MOVEMENTS IN THE WEST | ||
| Brahma Kumaris | ||
| School of Economic Science | ||
| Transcendental Meditation | ||
| ISKCON | ||
| Osho International | ||
| Sahaja Yoga | ||
| Adidam | ||
| Impersonal Enlightenment Fellowship | ||
| Soka Gakkai | ||
| Friends of the Western Buddhist Order | ||
| New Kadampa Tradition | ||
| Eckankar | ||
| Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness | ||
| Elan Vital | ||
| 15 ESOTERIC AND NEO-PAGAN MOVEMENTS | ||
| Satanic Ritual Abuse | ||
| Satanism | ||
| Theosophy | ||
| Benjamin Creme and Maitreya | ||
| Gurdjieff | ||
| Subud | ||
| Rosicrucians | ||
| Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn | ||
| Schools of Occult Science | ||
| Chaos Magic | ||
| The I AM Movement | ||
| Church Universal and Triumphant | ||
| The Emissaries | ||
| 'Flying Saucer Cults' | ||
| Aetherius Society | ||
| Raelian Movement | ||
| Shamanism | ||
| Wicca | ||
| Church of All Worlds | ||
| Druidry | ||
| Fellowship of Isis | ||
| The Northern Tradition | ||
| Pagan Federations | ||
| 16 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT MOVEMENTS | ||
| Landmark Education/Landmark Forum | ||
| Neuro-Linguistic Programming | ||
| Insight | ||
| The Emin | ||
| Scientology | ||
| 17 CASE STUDY | ||
| :SHISM IN A SECT: The Worldwide Church of God and its Offshoots | ||
| sisEUl. ADDRESSES | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | ||
| ALPHABET1CAL LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS. |
