Cults

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615613062Author Janis HutchinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Janis HutchinsonPublisher Janis HutchinsonWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Finalist, Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion, Analytical-Descriptive Studies, given by the American Academy of Religion A comprehensive collection of the pioneering work of Leonard Norman Primiano, one of the preeminent scholars in religious...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560726920Author Frederick BehrleFormat HardbackPage Count 165Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 201g

This book addresses the problems of adolescent Satanism from a psychological viewpoint. It includes the developmental dynamics that underlie four different types of young people who become involved in Satanism and provides an analysis of risk factors...

In the last half century new religious movements or cults of one sort and another have mushroomed throughout the US and Europe. Increasingly these groups have been met with attempts to monitor and control them on the part of the state, and concerns about...

First published in 1923, this title explores the schools of religious thought and practice that sprung up towards the end of the nineteenth century and at the start of the twentieth: sects, mystics and spiritualists, theological sciences and scientific...

California, long a Mecca for eccentric cults, has also hosted more than its share of unusual and unorthodox Christian evangelists and sects. From pre-Gold Rush days to the 21st Century, visionaries seeking to revive or transform the Faith have flocked to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781421448107Author Rod JanzenFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Johns Hopkins University PressPublisher Johns Hopkins University PressWeight(grams)...

New Religious Movements: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to the field of New Religious Movements (NRMs). Western culture is currently going through a wave of fascination with "cults", with numerous documentaries and television...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892962174Author Arthur LyonsFormat HardbackPage Count 228Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 445gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906958657Author Sean FittonFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Mandrake of OxfordPublisher Mandrake of OxfordWeight(grams) 234g

A comprehensive collection of the pioneering work of Leonard Norman Primiano, one of the preeminent scholars in religious studies In 1995, Leonard Norman Primiano introduced the idea of “vernacular religion.” He coined this term to overcome the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578598007Author Jim WillisFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Visible Ink PressPublisher Visible Ink PressDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm

In the face of the increasingly variegated ideological landscape of contemporary America, cults have become the focus of public controversy. The growth of new religions has been matched by the development of an organized and vocal opposition, the...

Based on extensive interviews with mostly former cult members, this book chronicles the history of the Church of God of Union Assembly from its beginning around World War I up to recent times. Founded by a charismatic, unlettered leader, C. T. Pratt, who...

The label 'Suicide Cults' has been applied to a wide variety of different alternative religions, from Jonestown to the Solar Temple to Heaven's Gate. Additionally, observers have asked if such group suicides are in any way comparable to Islamist suicide...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802220561Author Wade BaskinFormat HardbackPage Count 356Imprint Philosophical LibraryPublisher Philosophical LibraryWeight(grams) 601g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087920245Author Lindsay HelmFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Elisely PublishingPublisher Elisely PublishingWeight(grams) 259g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798896360889Author Priya HutnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 265Imprint She Writes PressPublisher She Writes Press

In 1903, after seven years traveling the country as itinerant preachers, Benjamin and Mary Purnell moved to Benton Harbor, Michigan, where they founded a commune. Their settlement soon blossomed into a vibrant religious colony and booming business...

A secluded country house. A rogue Anglican priest. Ceremonial sex and mislaid fortunes.This is the almost-forgotten story of Victorian Britain's strangest religious sect and its wealthy, mostly female, followers who believed they could ascend directly to...

The true story of the first California cult scandal In 1891, a suffragist and social reformer named Alzire Chevaillier launched a moral crusade to destroy Fountaingrove, a utopian spiritualist community in northern California. Chevaillier accused the...

A secluded country house. A rogue Anglican priest. Ceremonial sex and mislaid fortunes.This is the almost-forgotten story of Victorian Britain's strangest religious sect and its wealthy, mostly female, followers who believed they could ascend directly to...

From the author of Cursed Objects and The United States of Cryptids, an eye-popping compendium of the most infamous, audacious, and dangerous cults in history. How do smart, normal people end up enmeshed in extreme cults? Weird history expert J. W...