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New Religious Movements: Challenge and Response
Jamie Cresswell
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Description for New Religious Movements: Challenge and Response
Paperback. New Religious Movements: Challenge & Response is the most comprehensive, wide-ranging study on the phenomena and impact of new religions. Editor(s): Cresswell, Jamie; Wilson, Bryan. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 464.
New Religious Movements: Challenge & Response is the most comprehensive, wide-ranging study on the global impact of new religions.
* New religions discussed include Hare Krishna, Sikh Dharma, The Unification Church, The Church of Scientology, The Jesus People and Wicca.
* Focuses on the rise of new religious movements in Italy, Brazil, United States, Germany and Britain. * The contributors are among the most respected and reputable experts in the field.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415200509
SKU
V9780415200509
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Ref
99-2
About Jamie Cresswell
Dr Bryan Wilson is a Fellow Emeritus of All Souls College, Oxford. He is the author of numerous books on new religious movements. His most recent publications include, Scientology, The Social Dimensions of Sectarianism and Religion in Sociological Perspectives.
Reviews for New Religious Movements: Challenge and Response
'Almost without exception, the contribution are informative, interesting and well written. The book is also logically organized' - Peter Beyer, Journal of Contemporary Religion '... helpfully wide in scope while providing up-to-date detail ... [it achieves] achieves a sensitivity and listening ear towards adherents of the new religions of the last 200 years ... useful and up-to-date, interesting social ... Read more