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This unparalleled introduction to cults and new religiousmovements has been completely up-dated and expanded to reflect thelatest developments; each chapter reviews the origins, leaders,beliefs, rituals and practices of a NRM, highlighting the specificcontroversies surrounding each group. * A fully updated, revised and expanded edition of anunparalleled introduction to cults and new religious movements * Profiles a number of the most visible, significant, andcontroversial new religious movements, presenting eachgroup s history, doctrines, rituals, leadership, andorganization * Offers a discussion of the major controversies in which newreligious movements have been involved, using each profiled groupto illustrate the nature of one of those controversies * Covers debates including what constitutes an authenticreligion, the validity of claims of brainwashing techniques, theimplications of experimentation with unconventional sexualpractices, and the deeply rooted cultural fears that cultsengender * New sections include methods of studying new religions in eachchapter as well as presentations on groups towatch

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Alternative belief systems

• Full title: Cults and New Religions - A Brief History 2e
• Author: Douglas E Cowan
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• EAN: 9781118722107
• ISBN: 1118722108
• ID: 09032511
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Weight: 358 g
• Dimensions: 154 × 229 × 14 mm
• Date of publishing: 05. June 2015

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