The new believers
Subtitle: a survey of sects, cults, and alternative religions
By: David V. Barrett.
Contributors: Barrett, David V.
Publisher: Cassell; Distributed in the United States by Sterling Pub.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 544
Subjects: Cults.; Sects.; Religions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 525-534) and index.
"Revised and greatly expanded edition of ... Sects, cults & alternative religions"--P. 9.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART ONE: MAJOR ISSUES OF ALTERNATIVE RELGIONS; title: 1 WHO, WHAT AND WHY: The purpose of this book; title: 2 Is IT A CULT, OR A REAL RELIGION? The problem of definition; title: 3 SECTS APPEAL: Conversion, recruitment, mind control or brainwashing?; title: 4 WOULD YOU LET YOUR DAUGHTER MARRY ONE? Problems for families of members; title: 5 So HARD TO SAY 'GOODBYE': Problems of leaving a movement; title: 6 AFTER THE PROPHET DIES: How movements change; title: 7 IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: Apocalyptic beliefs; title: 8 CULTS THAT KILL: How, why, and can it happen again?; title: 9 WATCHING THE WATCHERS: The variety of cult experts; title: 10 HISTORICAL DIVERSITY: A brief summary of world religions; title: PART TWO: ALTERNATIVE RELIGIONS AND OTHER GROUPS; title: 11 COMPLEXITY OF CHRISTIANITY; title: 12 CHRISTIAN ORIGINS; title: Unitarians; title: The New Church and Swedenborgianism; title: Mormons; title: Exclusive Brethren; title: New Apostolic Church; title: Seventh-day Adventists; title: Christadelphians; title: Christian Science; title: Jehovah's Witnesses; title: Liberal Catholic Church and Wandering Bishops; title: Christian Community and Anthroposophy; title: Opus Dei; title: Unification Church; title: The Late Twentieth-century Evangelical Resurgence; title: The Family; title: Jesus Army; title: Universal Church of the Kingdom of God; title: International Church of Christ; title: Ellel Ministries; title: Toronto Blessing and Vineyard; title: Alpha Course; title: 13 OTHER 'RELIGIONS OF THE BOOK' ORIGINS; title: Baha'i Faith; title: Nation of Islam; title: Holy Tabernade Ministries; title: Messiah/H'al Mahshiyach; title: Rastafarian Movement; title: 14 EASTERN MOVEMENTS IN THE WEST; title: Brahma Kumaris; title: School of Economic Science; title: Transcendental Meditation; title: ISKCON; title: Osho International; title: Sahaja Yoga; title: Adidam; title: Impersonal Enlightenment Fellowship; title: Soka Gakkai; title: Friends of the Western Buddhist Order; title: New Kadampa Tradition; title: Eckankar; title: Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness; title: Elan Vital; title: 15 ESOTERIC AND NEO-PAGAN MOVEMENTS; title: Satanic Ritual Abuse; title: Satanism; title: Theosophy; title: Benjamin Creme and Maitreya; title: Gurdjieff; title: Subud; title: Rosicrucians; title: Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn; title: Schools of Occult Science; title: Chaos Magic; title: The I AM Movement; title: Church Universal and Triumphant; title: The Emissaries; title: 'Flying Saucer Cults'; title: Aetherius Society; title: Raelian Movement; title: Shamanism; title: Wicca; title: Church of All Worlds; title: Druidry; title: Fellowship of Isis; title: The Northern Tradition; title: Pagan Federations; title: 16 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT MOVEMENTS; title: Landmark Education/Landmark Forum; title: Neuro-Linguistic Programming; title: Insight; title: The Emin; title: Scientology; title: 17 CASE STUDY; title: :SHISM IN A SECT: The Worldwide Church of God and its Offshoots; title: sisEUl. ADDRESSES; title: BIBLIOGRAPHY; title: ALPHABET1CAL LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS.