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Controversial New Religions Second Edition
Author(s): James R. Lewis (Editor), Jesper Aa. Petersen
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: 13 Aug. 2014
- Edition: Second
- Language: English
- Print length: 496 pages
- ISBN-10: 0199315310
- ISBN-13: 9780199315314
Book Description
This updated and revised second edition of Controversial New Religions Second Edition offers a scholarly, dispassionate look at those groups that have generated the most attention, including some very well-known classical groups like The Family, Unification Church, Scientology, and Jim Jones’s People’s Temple; some relative newcomers such as the Kabbalah Centre, the Order of the Solar Temple, Branch Davidians, Heaven’s Gate, and the Falun Gong; and some interesting cases like contemporary Satanism, the Raelians, Black nationalism, and various Pagan groups. Each essay combines an overview of the history and beliefs of each organization or movement with original and insightful analysis. By presenting decades of scholarly work on new religious movements written in an accessible form by established scholars as well as younger experts in the field, this book will be an invaluable resource for all those who seek a view of new religions that is deeper than what can be found in sensationalistic media stories.
Editorial Reviews
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