New religious movements : challenge and response /
edited by Bryan Wilson and Jamie Cresswell.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
- 1 online resource (xviii, 284 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter Introduction / part Summary of Chapter 1 -- chapter 1 New Religious Movements: Their incidence and significance / part Summary of Chapter 2 -- chapter 2 The Easternisation of the West / part Summary of Chapter 3 -- chapter 3 Prosperity and the New Age Movement: The efficacy of spiritual economics / part Summary of Chapter 4 -- chapter 4 New Religious Movements: The legal dimension / part Summary of Chapter 5 -- chapter 5 The mass media and New Religious Movements / part Summary of Chapter 6 -- chapter 6 New Religious Movements and mental health / part Summary of Chapter 7 -- chapter 7 Women in New Religious Movements / part Summary of Chapter 8 -- chapter 8 New Religious Movements and the Churches / part Summary of Chapter 9 -- chapter 9 Damanhur: a magical community in Italy / part Summary of Chapter 10 -- chapter 10 Japanese New Religious Movements in Brazil: from ethnic to 'universal' religions / part Summary of Chapter 11 -- chapter 11 Anti-cultists in the United States: An historical perspective / part Summary of Chapter 12 -- chapter 12 The response to New Religious Movements in East Germany after reunification / part Summary of Chapter 13 -- chapter 13 Britain's anti-cult movement / BRYAN WILSON -- EILEEN BARKER -- COLIN CAMPBELL -- PAUL HEELAS -- ANTHONY BRADNEY -- JAMES A. BECKFORD -- LAWRENCE LILLISTON -- ELIZABETH PUTTICK -- COLIN SLEE -- MASSIMO INTROVIGNE -- PETER B. CLARKE -- J . GORDON MELTON -- FRANK USARSKI -- GEORGE D. CHRYSSIDES.
Focusing on five countries (Italy, Brazil, Germany, Britain and the United States), New Religious Movements offers a comprehensive and wide-ranging study of the phenomena and impact of new religions.