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Controversial New Religions

By James R. Lewis , Jesper Aagaard Petersen

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2005
ISBN
9780195156829, 019515682X, 0195156838
Open Library ID
OL17141287M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5945865 bytes)
Pages
496\496
Topic
Religion
Time added
2010-05-17 00:23:50

Description

This book complements Lewis's xford Handbook of New Religious Movements. The former provides an overview of the state of the field. This volume collects papers on those specific New Religious Movements (NRMs) that have generated the most scholarly attention. With few exceptions, these organizations are also the controversial groups that have attracted the attention of the mass media, often because they have been involved in, or accused of, violent or anti-social activities. Among the movements to be profiled are such groups as the Branch Davidians, Heaven's Gate, Aum Shinrikyo, Solar Temple, Scientology, Falun Gong and many more. The book will function as a reference for scholars, as a text for courses in NRMs, and will also appeal to non-specialists including reporters, law enforcement, public policy makers, and others.

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