A Pocket Guide to Sects and New Religions (Pocket Guides) - Softcover

Scotland, Nigel D

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745951597 ISBN 13: 9780745951591

Verlag: Lion Books, 2005

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Reseña del editor:

New religious movements are a subject of increasing interest and relevance in our multi-cultural society. This handy little book offers a concise overview of about 40 of the main sects and new religious movements that have come to prominence in the western world in recent years. These include: The Church of Scientology, Falun Gong, The Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, The Unification Church, Christian Science, The Family (Children of God), Satya Sai Baba Society, Paganism, and UFO Religions.

Biografía del autor:

Nigel Scotland is Field Chair in the School of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Gloucestershire. His most recent publications include Sectarian Religion in Contemporary Britain (2000), Good and Proper Men: Lord Palmerston and the Bench of Bishops (2000), and Charismatics and the New Millennium (2000).

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• Verlag: Lion Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0745951597
• ISBN 13: 9780745951591
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256