A Concise Dictionary Of Cults Religions
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Author | : William Glenn Watson |
Publisher | : Chicago : Moody Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780802417268 |
A Concise Dictionary of Cults and Religions provides thumbnail sketches of peripheral religious groups, cults, and personalities connected with such movements or organizations.
Author | : Irving Hexham |
Publisher | : Regent College Publishing |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1993-12 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781573831208 |
Author | : George A. Mather |
Publisher | : Zondervan Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : |
In a complete survey of cults, sects, and religions around the world, Mather and Nichols provide definitions and brief descriptions that evaluate each group on the basis of the historic creeds of Christianity. Included are Santeria, Rastafarians, Haitian Voodoo and more.
Author | : Larry A. Nichols |
Publisher | : Zondervan Academic |
Total Pages | : 552 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
"This updated dictionary explores a variety of religious beliefs"--Provided by publisher.
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Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Religions |
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Author | : Larry A. Nichols |
Publisher | : Zondervan Academic |
Total Pages | : 827 |
Release | : 2010-02-23 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0310866065 |
Up-to-date, well-documented, comprehensive coverage of cults, sects, and world religions, from the historical to the contemporary INCLUDES • Well-known groups and world religions, such as Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, Islam, and Baha’i • Groups with a significant North American influence, including Santeria, Rastafarians, Haitian Voodo, white supremacy groups, Wicca, and Satanism REVISED, UPDATED, AND EXPANDED TO INCLUDE NEW ENTRIES AND NEW INFORMATION • Updated information on Islam and its global impact • New entries: the Branch Davidians, Native American religions, Heaven’s Gate, Aum Supreme Truth, the Boston Movement, the Masonic Lodge, and many others • Developments in the world of cults and the occult Encyclopedic Dictionary of Cults, Sects, and World Religions is arguably the most significant reference book on the subject to be published. Formerly titled Dictionary of Cults, Sects, Religions, and the Occult, it provides reliable information on the history and beliefs of nearly every form of religion active today. This extensively revised edition includes new topics, updated information, and a brand-new format for a clearer, more organized approach. The authors evaluate the beliefs and practices of each group from the perspective of the Bible and the historic creeds of the Christian church. You’ll also find group histories, numerous illustrations, charts, current statistics, websites, bibliographies, and other useful information.
Author | : Jonathan Z. Smith |
Publisher | : Harper San Francisco |
Total Pages | : 1154 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780006279679 |
Offers more than three thousand articles on the world of religion.
Author | : George D. Chryssides |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 447 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 0810861941 |
New religious movements--commonly known as cults--are defined as organizations that have arisen within the last 200 years. Most treatments of these movements have typically resorted to sensationalism rather than objectivity, and New religious movements tend to receive negative media publicity. Despite their unfavorable portrayal in popular culture, however, new religious movements are a global phenomenon and much remains to be studied about these movements. In this newly updated second edition of the Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements, George D. Chryssides traces the rise and development of new religious movements throughout the world. An updated introduction summarizes the phenomenon of new religious movements and lays out the changes to the dictionary since the 2001 edition, while the main body of the dictionary consists of close to 600 cross-referenced entries on key figures, ideas, themes, and places related to various new religious movements. An index organizes the information in the dictionary, and a comprehensive bibliography leads the researcher to further sources. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about new religious movements.
Author | : Alan W. Gomes |
Publisher | : Zondervan |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0310704413 |
This series provides concise, biblical answers about perplexing religious groups.
Author | : James R. Lewis |
Publisher | : Prometheus Books |
Total Pages | : 951 |
Release | : 2001-03 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 1615927387 |
Surpassing the scope and the thoroughness of the first edition, this new edition of The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions is the most wide-ranging and accessible resource on the historically significant and more obscure, sinister, and bizarre religious groups. Including many entries by scholarly specialists, this volume explains more than 1,000 diverse groups and movements, from such well-known sects as the Branch Davidians, Aum Shinrikyo, and Heaven's Gate, to obscure groups like Ordo Templi Satanas, Witches International, and the Nudist Christian Church of the Blessed Virgin Jesus. In addition to an exhaustive index and handy cross-references, the second edition includes over a hundred new topical entries on subjects relevant to understanding sectarian movements, from snake-handling and satanic ritual abuse to brainwashing and exorcism.This book, a must for all libraries and schools, will endure as the first and only point of reference for researchers, scholars, students, and anyone interested in fringe religious groups.