Exploring new religions [[electronic resource] /] / George D. Chryssides

• Autore: Chryssides George D. <1945->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Cassell, 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (416 p.)
• Disciplina: 291.046
• Soggetto topico: Religions; Cults
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: An 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Exploring new religions
• ISBN: 9786611783945; 1-281-78394-3; 0-8264-3890-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807764803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Issues in contemporary religion.