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The new religious movements experience in America /

Wherever and whenever they appear, new religious movements always produce conflict. Even as they attract members who enthusiastically embrace their innovative teachings, new religions often provoke strongly negative reactions--often because they challenge established notions of proper religious acti...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gallagher, Eugene V.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.
Series:American religious experience (Greenwood Press (Westport, Conn.))
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Groups within the biblical tradition
  • The New Age and its antecedents
  • Eastern groups and gurus
  • Groups of Middle Eastern and African origins
  • Neo-paganism
  • New foundations
  • Themes in the study of new religious movements.