02692nam 2200649 450 991081805440332120240131145913.01-317-54513-31-315-72917-2(CKB)3710000000238004(EBL)1782442(SSID)ssj0001171682(PQKBManifestationID)11642600(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001171682(PQKBWorkID)11183134(PQKB)10198530(MiAaPQ)EBC1782442(Au-PeEL)EBL1782442(CaPaEBR)ebr10929936(CaONFJC)MIL644335(OCoLC)890531479(OCoLC)1193335856(FINmELB)ELB136703(EXLCZ)99371000000023800420140917h20142012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCults a reference guide /James R. LewisThird edition.Oxfordshire, England ;New York, New York :Routledge,2014.©20121 online resource (257 p.)Approaches to New ReligionsDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-13081-7 1-84553-973-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 1. Overview; 2. Court Decisions, Legislation, and Governmental Actions; 3. Controversial Groups and Movements: An Expanded Glossary; 4. Documents and Data; 5. Organizations and Websites; Chronology; Bibliography; IndexCults examines the history and current status of cults across the United States, Europe, and East Asia. Focusing on the principal controversial religions and movements that have attracted major media attention, the book also includes profiles of hundreds of minority religions, from Jesus People and Rastafarians to voodoo practitioners and the human-cloning Raelians. All the issues central to the practice and the fear of cults are examined - apocalypticism, deprogramming, social isolation, cults and the media, the use and threat of violence, child custody, libel, tax evasion, solicitation, aApproaches to new religions.CultsUnited StatesSectsUnited StatesUnited StatesReligionCultsSects200Lewis James R.897626MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818054403321Cults4123043UNINA