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LEADER: 03842cam 2200301 a 4500
001 2001347660
003 DLC
005 20050607120158.0
008 010813s2001 enkaf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2001347660
020 $a0304355925
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aBP603$b.B37 2001
082 00 $a291$221
100 1 $aBarrett, David V.
245 14 $aThe new believers :$ba survey of sects, cults, and alternative religions /$cDavid V. Barrett.
260 $aLondon :$bCassell ;$aNew York, NY :$bDistributed in the United States by Sterling Pub.,$c2001.
300 $a544 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
500 $a"Revised and greatly expanded edition of ... Sects, cults & alternative religions"--P. 9.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 525-534) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: PART ONE: MAJOR ISSUES OF ALTERNATIVE RELGIONS -- 1 WHO, WHAT AND WHY: The purpose of this book -- 2 Is IT A CULT, OR A REAL RELIGION? The problem of definition -- 3 SECTS APPEAL: Conversion, recruitment, mind control or brainwashing? -- 4 WOULD YOU LET YOUR DAUGHTER MARRY ONE? Problems for families of members -- 5 So HARD TO SAY 'GOODBYE': Problems of leaving a movement -- 6 AFTER THE PROPHET DIES: How movements change -- 7 IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: Apocalyptic beliefs -- 8 CULTS THAT KILL: How, why, and can it happen again? -- 9 WATCHING THE WATCHERS: The variety of cult experts -- 10 HISTORICAL DIVERSITY: A brief summary of world religions -- PART TWO: ALTERNATIVE RELIGIONS AND OTHER GROUPS -- 11 COMPLEXITY OF CHRISTIANITY -- 12 CHRISTIAN ORIGINS -- Unitarians -- The New Church and Swedenborgianism -- Mormons -- Exclusive Brethren -- New Apostolic Church -- Seventh-day Adventists -- Christadelphians -- Christian Science -- Jehovah's Witnesses -- Liberal Catholic Church and Wandering Bishops -- Christian Community and Anthroposophy -- Opus Dei -- Unification Church -- The Late Twentieth-century Evangelical Resurgence -- The Family -- Jesus Army -- Universal Church of the Kingdom of God -- International Church of Christ -- Ellel Ministries -- Toronto Blessing and Vineyard -- Alpha Course -- 13 OTHER 'RELIGIONS OF THE BOOK' ORIGINS -- Baha'i Faith -- Nation of Islam -- Holy Tabernade Ministries -- Messiah/H'al Mahshiyach -- Rastafarian Movement -- 14 EASTERN MOVEMENTS IN THE WEST -- Brahma Kumaris -- School of Economic Science -- Transcendental Meditation -- ISKCON -- Osho International -- Sahaja Yoga -- Adidam -- Impersonal Enlightenment Fellowship -- Soka Gakkai -- Friends of the Western Buddhist Order -- New Kadampa Tradition -- Eckankar -- Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness -- Elan Vital -- 15 ESOTERIC AND NEO-PAGAN MOVEMENTS -- Satanic Ritual Abuse -- Satanism -- Theosophy -- Benjamin Creme and Maitreya -- Gurdjieff -- Subud -- Rosicrucians -- Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn -- Schools of Occult Science -- Chaos Magic -- The I AM Movement -- Church Universal and Triumphant -- The Emissaries -- 'Flying Saucer Cults' -- Aetherius Society -- Raelian Movement -- Shamanism -- Wicca -- Church of All Worlds -- Druidry -- Fellowship of Isis -- The Northern Tradition -- Pagan Federations -- 16 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT MOVEMENTS -- Landmark Education/Landmark Forum -- Neuro-Linguistic Programming -- Insight -- The Emin -- Scientology -- 17 CASE STUDY -- :SHISM IN A SECT: The Worldwide Church of God and its Offshoots -- sisEUl. ADDRESSES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ALPHABET1CAL LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS.
650 0 $aCults.
650 0 $aSects.
650 0 $aReligions.
700 1 $aBarrett, David V.$tSects, cults, and alternative religions.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ste021/2001347660.html
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/2001347660.html