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SALIBA, JOHN A. Understanding New Religious Movements.
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids: 1996. 0802842267 / 9780802842268 Reprint Edition. s Softcover. Reading copy.
After opening with a broad overview of the new religious movements in contemporary Western culture and critically examining the various definitions and generalized features commonly applied to such movements, Salib surveys a few select religious movements that have appeared throughout the history of the West - Gnosticism, the Cathars, the Flagellants, the Ranters, the Shabbatean Movement, and Mormonism. In the main body of the bood Saliba examines new religious movements from a variety of perspectives - sociological, psychological, legal, and theological. Readers encounter such groups as the Hare Krishna movement, Transcendental Meditation, Scientology, and the Unification Church. Finally, Saliba offers principles and practical suggestions to psychiatrists, psychologists, and counselors who may be called on to advise cult and eex-cult members and their familiesl. Includes an Index.
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