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Religious and Spiritual Groups in Modern America.Second Edition
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ISBN: 0137730454 Year: 1988 Publisher: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey Prentice Hall

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Children of the New Age : a history of spiritual practices.
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ISBN: 0415242983 0415242991 9780415242981 9780415242998 1134545975 1280318074 0585453454 9780203471227 9780585453453 0203471229 9781134545971 9781280318078 9781134545926 9781134545964 1134545967 Year: 2003 Publisher: London Routledge


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Cults and new religions : a brief history
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ISBN: 9781118722107 1118722108 Year: 2015 Publisher: Chichester Blackwell

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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'"-- "An overview of the development of new religions and the controversies surrounding them in late modern society"--

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Religions --- Cults --- cults and new religions --- the Church of Scientology --- religion --- Transcendental Meditation --- science and therapy --- Ramtha --- the New Age --- the Unification Church --- the Family Federation --- brainwashing --- deprogramming --- the Children of God --- The Family International --- sexuality --- the Branch Davidians --- mass media --- Heaven's Gate --- cults and violence --- Wicca --- Witchcraft --- cultural fears --- new religious movements --- controversy --- the popular perception of new religious movements --- L. Ron Hubbard and the origins of Scientology --- beliefs and practices of the Church of Scientology --- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi --- Ramtha's School of Enlightenment --- organizational structure of the Church of Scientology --- beliefs and practices of Transcendental Meditation --- growth and development of Transcendental Meditation --- JZ Knight --- the New Age movement --- Sun Myung Moon --- RSE --- beliefs and practices of Ramtha's School of Enlightenment --- doctrinal beliefs and ritual practices of the Unification Church --- David Berg and the origins of the Children of God --- Mo --- social organization of the Children of God --- beliefs, rituals and practices of the Children of God - The Family --- historical development of the Branch Davidians --- beliefs and practices of the Branch Davidians under David Koresh --- siege at Waco --- Ti --- Do --- the origins of Heaven's Gate --- beliefs and practices of Heaven's Gate --- recruitment and social organization of Heaven's Gate --- UFO groups --- Gerald Gardner and the origins of modern witchcraft --- social organization and development of modern witchcraft and Wicca --- beliefs, rituals, and practices of modern witchcraft and Wicca --- religious cult fears --- modern Paganism

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