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Cults and new religions : a brief history

Cults and New Religions offers an overview of the history and development of eight new religious movements in the late twentieth century: the Church of Scientology, Transcendental Meditation, Unificationism, The Family International, the Ramtha School of Enlightenment, the Branch Davidians, Heaven's Gate, and Wicca.
eBook, English, 2008
Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA, 2008
ix, 260 p. ; 20 cm.
9781405161275, 9781405161282, 1405161272, 1405161280
1164347126
Cults and new religions : a primer
The range of new religious movements
Controversy and the popular perception of new religious movements
The Church of Scientology : the question of religion
Ron Hubbard and the origins of Scientology
Beliefs and practices of the church of scientology
The organizational structure of the Church of Scientology
The Church of Scientology and the question of religion
Transcendental meditation : the questions of science and therapy
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the arrival of transcendental meditation
Beliefs and practices of transcendental meditation
The growth and development of transcendental meditation
Transcendental meditation : the questions of science and therapy
Ramtha and the new age : the question of the dangerous cult
Who is JZ Knight and who is Ramtha?
History and development of Ramtha's school of enlightenment
Beliefs and practices of Ramtha's school of enlightenment
RSE and the question of the dangerous cult
The Unification Church/the family federation : the brainwashing/deprogramming controversy
Sun Myung Moon : Savior from the East
Doctrinal beliefs and ritual practices of the Unification Church
The growth and organization of the Unification Church outside Korea
Brainwashing, deprogramming, and the Unification Church
The Children of God/The Family International : the issue of sexuality
Mo : David Berg and the origins of the Children of God
Social organization of the Children of God/The Family
Beliefs, rituals, and practices of the Children of God/The Family
The Children of God/The Family and the issue of sexuality
The Branch Davidians : the problem of mass media
The historical development of the Branch Davidians
Beliefs and practices of the Branch Davidians under David Koresh
The siege at Waco and the problem of mass media
Heaven's Gate : the question of cults and violence
Ti, do, and the origins of Heaven's Gate
Beliefs and practices of Heaven's Gate
Recruitment and social organization in Heaven's Gate
The evolutionary level above human : the continuum of new religious movements and violence
Wicca and witchcraft : confronting cultural fears
Gerald Gardner and the origins of modern witchcraft
Social organization and development of modern witchcraft and wicca
Beliefs, rituals, and practices of modern witchcraft and wicca
Satanic panic : the legacy of religious cult fears
Rethinking cults : the significance of new religious movements
Perspectives : cults versus new religious movements
New religions as experimental faiths
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