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001 2006037932
003 DLC
005 20100526163051.0
008 061113s2008 mau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006037932
020 $a9781405161275 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a1405161272 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9781405161282 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a1405161280 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm76792017
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050 00 $aBL80.3$b.C69 2008
100 1 $aCowan, Douglas E.
245 10 $aCults and new religions :$ba brief history /$cDouglas E. Cowan, David G. Bromley.
260 $aMalden, MA ;$aOxford :$bBlackwell Pub.,$c2008.
300 $aix, 260 p. ;$c20 cm.
490 1 $aBlackwell brief histories of religion series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [233]-255) and index.
505 0 $aCults 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.
650 0 $aReligions.
650 0 $aCults.
700 1 $aBromley, David G.
830 0 $aBlackwell brief histories of religion.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip075/2006037932.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0803/2006037932-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0803/2006037932-d.html