Tackling popular misconceptions about new religious movements, Comprehending Cults summarizes, synthesizes, and assesses over 40 years of research by historians, sociologists, and psychologists. This excellent introduction to the study of new religious groups offers a balanced treatment of new movements as a source of spiritual satisfaction while confronting issues of violence, sexuality, and brainwashing within religious cults.
| ISBN: | 9780195420098 |
| Publication date: | 26th January 2006 |
| Author: | Lorne L (Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Associate Professor, Dawson |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Canada |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 272 pages |
| Genres: |
Religion: general Humanist and secular alternatives to religion |