| Description |
xii, 483 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A family for the twenty-first century / James D. Chancellor -- Spirit revelation and the Unification Church / James A. Beverley -- Reconstructing reality : conspiracy theories about Jonestown / Rebecca Moore -- Explaining militarization at Waco : the construction and convergence of the warfare narrative / Stuart A. Wright -- Family development and change in the Hare Krishna movement / E. Burke Rochford, Jr. -- When leaders dissolve : considering controversy and stagnation in the Osho Rajneesh movement / Marion S. Goldman -- Soka Gakkai : searching for the mainstream / Robert Kisala -- Aum Shinrikyo and the Aum incident : a critical introduction / Martin Repp -- Falun Gong : a new religious movement in post-Mao China / David Ownby -- Notes on the Aumist religion / PierLuigi Zoccatelli -- Inventing L. Ron Hubbard : on the construction and maintenance of the hagiographic mythology of Scientology's founder / Dorthe Refslund Christensen -- Theosophical Society / James A. Santucci -- Solar Temple "transits" : beyond the millennialist hypothesis / James R. Lewis -- From Atlantis to America : JZ Knight encounters Ramtha / Gail M. Harley -- Heart and soul : a qualitative look at the ethos of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness / Diana G. Tumminia -- "Come on up, and I will show thee" : Heaven's Gate as a postmodern group / George D. Chryssides -- Raëlian movement : concocting controversy, seeking social legitimacy / Susan Palmer -- White racist religions in the United States : from Christian Identity to Wolf Age pagans / Mattias Gardell -- Modern Satanism : dark doctrines and black flames / Jesper Aagaard Petersen. |
| Summary |
The groups covered are: The Family - Unification Church - People's Temple - Branch Davidians - ISKCON (Hare Krishnas) - Osho Rajineesh - Soka Gakkai - Aum Shinrikyo - Falun Gong - Aumism - Scientology - Theosophy - Order of the Solar Temple - Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness - Heaven's Gate - Raelians - White Racist Religions - Satanism. |
| Subject |
Cults.
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Cults. |
| Added Author |
Lewis, James R.
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
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| ISBN |
9780195156836 paperback alkaline paper |
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019515682X alkaline paper |
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9780195156829 alkaline paper |
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0195156838 paperback alkaline paper |
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