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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Hexham, Irving. New religions as global cultures. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1997 (OCoLC)605970813 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Irving Hexham; Karla O Poewe |
| ISBN: | 0813325072 9780813325071 0813325080 9780813325088 |
| OCLC Number: | 36042135 |
| Description: | xiv, 194 p. 23 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. The great anti-cult crusade -- 2. From cults to new religions and global culture -- 3. New religions as global cultures -- 4. New religions and primal experiences -- 5. Myths and mythological fragments -- 6. Yogic and Abramic religions -- 7. The membership process -- 8. New religions : new visions -- 9. How dangerous are new religions? |
| Series Title: | Explorations (Boulder, Colo.) |
| Responsibility: | Irving Hexham, Karla Poewe. |
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Abstract:
"Although the Great Anti-Cult Crusade links new religious movements to dangerous cults, brainwashing, and the need for deprogramming, Karla Poewe and Irving Hexham argue that many cults are the product of a dynamic interaction between folk religions and the teachings of traditional world religions. Drawing on examples from Africa, the United States, Asia, and Europe, they suggest that few new religions are really new. Most draw on rich, if localized, cultural traditions that are shaped anew by the influence of technological change and international linkages."--BOOK JACKET.
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