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200 10$aExploring new religions$b[electronic resource] /$fGeorge D. Chryssides
210   $aLondon ;$aNew York $cCassell$d1999
215   $a1 online resource (416 p.)
225 1 $aIssues in contemporary religion
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-304-33651-3 
311   $a0-8264-5959-5 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
327   $aContents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Methodological issues; 2. The 'suicide cults'; 3. The old new religions; 4. The 'New Christian' movements; 5. New religions in the Hindu tradition; 6. New forms of Buddhism; 7. Independent new religions; 8. The Human Potential Movement; 9. New Age, witchcraft and Paganism; 10. The counter-cult movement; Appendix 1: Statistical data; Appendix 2: Compendium; Bibliography; Index
330   $aAn objective, well-researched history of contemporary new religions and cults.New religious movements - popularly known as cults - arouse strong public opinion and most books on the subject are polemical, giving hostile reaction rather than informed exploration. Exploring New Religions provides an account of a wide variety of new religions, focusing on their origins, beliefs and practices, which are set out in a dispassionate way, leaving readers to form their own value judgements. George Chryssides provides important analysis of the killer cults-the Jonestown People's Temple, Waco, the Solar
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