Research Catalog

Title

Cults and new religions : a brief history / Douglas E. Cowan, David G. Bromley.

Author

Cowan, Douglas E.

Publication

Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2008.

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• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Additional Authors

Bromley, David G.

Description

ix, 260 p.; 20 cm.

Series Statement

Blackwell brief histories of religion series.

Uniform Title

Blackwell brief histories of religion.

Subject

• Religions
• Cults

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-255) and index.

Contents

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.

Call Number

JFC 08-216.

ISBN

• 9781405161275 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 1405161272 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9781405161282 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1405161280 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2006037932

OCLC

76792017

Author

Cowan, Douglas E.

Title

Cults and new religions : a brief history / Douglas E. Cowan, David G. Bromley.

Imprint

Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2008.

Series

Blackwell brief histories of religion series.

Blackwell brief histories of religion.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-255) and index.

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Table of contents only

Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

Added Author

Bromley, David G.

Research Call Number

JFC 08-216.