New religions as global cultures: making the human sacred

"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 religi...

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Main Authors: Hexham, Irving (Author), Poewe, Karla O. 1941- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. [u.a.] Westview Press 1997
Series:Explorations
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Summary:"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.
Physical Description:XIV, 194 S.
ISBN:0813325072
0813325080

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