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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Douglas E Cowan |
| ISBN: | 0275974596 9780275974596 |
| OCLC Number: | 50339414 |
| Description: | xiii, 255 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | I. Perspectives on the Christian countercult -- 1. Confronting cults -- 2. From extraction to migration: the Christian countercult in sociological perspective -- 3. "For the bible tells me so": constructing the countercult cosmology -- 4. Definition and counterdefinition: the countercults as reality-maintenance -- II. Typolozing the countercult -- 5. A territory under siege: the early countercult in the twentieth century -- 6. Demon siege: the countercult on the fringe -- 7. The siege continues: modern countercult continua -- 8. The siege in cyberspace and the democratization of the countercult -- III. Countercult apologetics -- 9. From false worlds to true, part 1: other religions according to the countercult -- 10. From false worlds to true, part 2: cults, the occult, and the new age rage -- 11. The countercult against Christianity: the case of Rome -- 12. "Gittin' thar fustest with the mostest": antipathy, authority, and apologetics. |
| Responsibility: | Douglas E. Cowan ; foreword by Jeffrey K. Hadden. |
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