02883oam 2200613 a 450 991081805500332120200520144314.0979-84-00-69122-51-282-40949-297866124094930-313-06291-910.5040/9798400691225(CKB)1000000000807359(EBL)497082(OCoLC)67617498(SSID)ssj0000340901(PQKBManifestationID)11264192(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000340901(PQKBWorkID)10388896(PQKB)10519301(Au-PeEL)EBL497082(CaPaEBR)ebr10347107(CaONFJC)MIL240949(MiAaPQ)EBC497082(DLC)BP9798400691225BC(EXLCZ)99100000000080735920240214e20042024 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe new religious movements experience in America /Eugene V. Gallagher1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Greenwood Press,2004.London :Bloomsbury Publishing (UK),20241 online resource (320 p.)The American religious experienceDescription based upon print version of record.0-313-32807-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-287) and index.Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Groups within the Biblical Tradition; Chapter 3: The New Age and Its Antecedents; Chapter 4: Eastern Groups and Gurus; Chapter 5: Groups of Middle Eastern and African Origins; Chapter 6: Neo-Paganism; Chapter 7: New Foundations; Chapter 8: Themes in the Study of New Religious Movements; Timeline; Glossary; Select Annotated Bibliography; IndexWherever and whenever they appear, new religious movements always produce conflict. Even as they attract members who enthusiastically embrace their innovative teachings, new religions often provoke strongly negative reactions-often because they challenge established notions of proper religious action, belief, and morality. Opponents of new religious movements often brand them as cults and urge their fellow citizens, their own religions, and even the government to take action against what they see as suspicious and potentially dangerous movements; the members often complain that their motives hAmerican religious experience (Greenwood Press (Westport, Conn.))United StatesReligion200/.973Gallagher Eugene V981972DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910818055003321The new religious movements experience in America4123049UNINA