Filter By
Books (51)
- Book
- Qty in Cart
- Quantity
- Price
- Subtotal
-
Scientology by Professor James R. Lewis 9780195331493
Booksplease Price: £53.97The Church of Scientology has been involved in battles over tax issues, a ten-year battle with the Food and Drug Administration regarding the Electro-meters used in the Church's counseling... -
Textbook Violence by Professor James R. Lewis 9781781792582
Booksplease Price: £75.81Facing issues of violence and conflict, authors of textbooks for Religious Education (RE) choose a range of different strategies. While some try to write as non-controversially as possible about such... -
Textbook Violence by Professor James R. Lewis 9781781792599
RRP: £24.95Booksplease Price: £22.57Facing issues of violence and conflict, authors of textbooks for Religious Education (RE) choose a range of different strategies. While some try to write as non-controversially as possible about such... -
Cults: A Reference and Guide James R. Lewis 9781845539740
Booksplease Price: £47.39Cults examines the history and current status of cults across the United States, Europe, and East Asia. Focusing on the principal controversial religions and movements that have attracted major media... -
Controversial New Religions by Professor James R. Lewis
Booksplease Price: £56.97In terms of public opinion, new religious movements are considered controversial for a variety of reasons. Their social organization often runs counter to popular expectations by experimenting with... -
Perspectives on the New Age by Professor James R. Lewis 9780791412145
Booksplease Price: £27.36This book begins with a comprehensive historical section that places the New Age within the context of its predecessor movements. It then focuses on specialized aspects of this subculture, from... -
The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of Satanism by Professor James R. Lewis 9781591023906
RRP: £96.00Booksplease Price: £83.26In the public imagination Satanism is associated with bizarre rituals, perverse hedonistic lifestyles, heavy metal music, immature adolescents acting out, horror movies, and rumors of ritual abuse... -
The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Terrorism by Professor James R. Lewis
Booksplease Price: £29.56There is currently much discussion regarding the causes of terrorist acts, as well as the connection between terrorism and religion. Terrorism is attributed either to religious 'fanaticism' or,... -
The Invention of Sacred Tradition by Professor James R. Lewis 9780521175319
Booksplease Price: £45.31The dictionary definition of tradition refers to beliefs and practices that have been transmitted from generation to generation, however, 'tradition' can rest simply on the claim that certain... -
Radicalisation: A Global and Comparative Perspective by James R Lewis 9780197771266
Booksplease Price: £82.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780197771266Author James R LewisFormat HardbackPage Count 424Imprint -
The Invention of Sacred Tradition by Professor James R. Lewis 9780521864794
Booksplease Price: £90.87The dictionary definition of tradition refers to beliefs and practices that have been transmitted from generation to generation, however, 'tradition' can rest simply on the claim that certain... -
Sacred Schisms: How Religions Divide by Professor James R. Lewis
Booksplease Price: £94.81Schism (from the Greek 'to split') refers to a group that breaks away from another, usually larger organisation and forms a new organisation. Though the term is typically confined to religious... -
The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Terrorism by Professor James R. Lewis 9781107140141
Booksplease Price: £87.62There is currently much discussion regarding the causes of terrorist acts, as well as the connection between terrorism and religion. Terrorism is attributed either to religious 'fanaticism' or,... -
From the Ashes: Making Sense of Waco by James R. Lewis 9780847679157
Booksplease Price: £36.45In 45 short essays aimed at a broad audience, the contributors to From the Ashes place the Branch Davidians in historical and comparative perspective with nontraditional religions, analyze the... -
Cults in America: A Reference Handbook by Professor James R. Lewis 9781576070314
Booksplease Price: £51.21Since the early 1970s, alternative religious movements known as cults have been the focus of ever-increasing controversy in America. Cults in America: A Reference Handbook compares present-day cults... -
Violence and New Religious Movements by Professor James R. Lewis 9780199735617
Booksplease Price: £47.26The relationship between new religious movements (NRMs) and violence has long been a topic of intense public interest--an interest heavily fueled by multiple incidents of mass violence involving... -
Falun Gong: Spiritual Warfare and Martyrdom by James R. Lewis 9781108445658
Booksplease Price: £19.72Falun Gong, founded by Li Hongzhi in 1992, attracted international attention in 1999 after staging a demonstration outside government offices in Beijing. It was subsequently banned. Followers then... -
Angels A To Z: Second Edition by Professor James R. Lewis 9781578592128
RRP: £35.99Booksplease Price: £28.87Written by two recognized authorities on nontraditional religious movements, this resource is one of the most comprehensive books on angels and related topics currently available. More than 300... -
Magical Religion and Modern Witchcraft by Professor James R. Lewis 9780791428900
Booksplease Price: £28.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791428900Author Professor James R. LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 432 -
Contemporary Alternative Spiritualities in Israel by Professor James R. Lewis 9781137547415
Booksplease Price: £100.19This volume is the first English-language anthology to engage with the fascinating phenomena of recent surges in New Age and alternative spiritualties in Israel. Contributors investigate how these... -
The Order of the Solar Temple: The Temple of Death James R. Lewis 9781138253339
RRP: £59.99Booksplease Price: £54.99In October 1994, fifty-three members of the Order of the Solar Temple in Switzerland and Quebec were murdered or committed suicide. This incident and two later group suicides in subsequent years... -
Violence and New Religious Movements by Professor James R. Lewis 9780199735631
Booksplease Price: £75.08The relationship between new religious movements (NRMs) and violence has long been a topic of intense public interest--an interest heavily fueled by multiple incidents of mass violence involving... -
The Dream Encyclopedia: Second Edition by Professor James R. Lewis 9781578592166
RRP: £35.99Booksplease Price: £28.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578592166Author Professor James R. LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 410 -
Doomsday Prophecies: A Complete Guide to the End of the World by James R. Lewis 9781573926904
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £40.24From the time of the earliest tribal religions, high priests, self-proclaimed prophets, and purveyors of doom have been predicting the end of time. This encyclopaedic survey of end-time predictions... -
The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of New Age Religions by Professor James R. Lewis 9781591020400
RRP: £82.00Booksplease Price: £70.85In the late 1980s, the New Age movement became the focus of both media attention and widespread ridicule as some of the more outlandish aspects of the movement, such as channeling and the use of... -
The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements by Professor James R. Lewis 9780195369649
Booksplease Price: £67.63The study of New Religious Movements (NRMs) is one of the fastest-growing areas of religious studies. This Handbook covers the current state of the field and breaks new ground. Its contributors are... -
The Astrology Book: The Encyclopedia of Heavenly Influence by Professor James R. Lewis 9781578591442
RRP: £60.99Booksplease Price: £42.83The Astrology Book: The Encyclopedia of Heavenly Influences defines and explains more than 800 astrological terms and concepts from air signs to Zeus and everything in between. James R. Lewis updates... -
Sacred Schisms: How Religions Divide by Professor James R. Lewis 9781107684508
Booksplease Price: £49.24Schism (from the Greek 'to split') refers to a group that breaks away from another, usually larger organisation and forms a new organisation. Though the term is typically confined to religious... -
Nightmare Encyclopedia: Your Darkest Dreams Interpreted by James R. Lewis 9781564147622
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £19.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781564147622Author James R. LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint -
UFOs and Popular Culture: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Mythology by Professor James R. Lewis 9781576072653
Booksplease Price: £71.19From religious beliefs and legends to movies and TV shows, from advertising and celebrities to Internet sites and photo ops, this illustrated A-Z encyclopedia makes it easy to locate each topic, and... -
Witchcraft Today: An Encyclopedia of Wiccan and Neopagan Traditions by Professor James R. Lewis 9781576071342
Booksplease Price: £71.69A clear, concise overview of the origins and history of the Wiccan and Neopagan movements, with A-Z coverage of concepts, rituals, practices, and practitioners. Witchcraft Today presents a concise... -
Using the Pssuq and Csuq: in User Experience Research and Practice by James R Lewis 9781733339209
RRP: £39.99Booksplease Price: £31.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733339209Author James R LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint -
Violence, Conspiracies, and New Religious Movements: A Tribute to James R. Lewis Equinox Publishing 9781800505063
RRP: £75.00Booksplease Price: £63.24Stimulated by the vast scholarly output of James Lewis, experts opine on violence, conspiracies, and new religious movements. On violence, Mark Juergensmeyer explains his "epistemic worldview... -
Violence, Conspiracies, and New Religious Movements: A Tribute to James R. Lewis Equinox Publishing 9781800505070
RRP: £24.95Booksplease Price: £22.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800505070Author Margo KittsFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint -
Satanism Today: An Encyclopedia of Religion, Folklore, and Popular Culture by Professor James R. Lewis 9781576072929
Booksplease Price: £81.03This authoritative reference work presents a full image of the Prince of Darkness as he appears throughout traditional theology, mythology, art and literature, and popular culture. This... -
Sects & Stats: Overturning the Conventional Wisdom About Cult Members by Professor James R. Lewis 9781781791073
RRP: £75.00Booksplease Price: £63.83Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Gods Have Landed: New Religions from Other Worlds by Professor James R. Lewis 9780791423301
Booksplease Price: £27.36The Gods Have Landed is a comprehensive account of the religious dimension of the UFO/flying saucer experience. It examines the religious meanings attached to UFOs by the larger society as well as... -
Sects & Stats: Overturning the Conventional Wisdom about Cult Members by Professor James R. Lewis 9781781791080
Booksplease Price: £24.88A major, perhaps the major, focus of early research on New Religious Movements (NRMs) was on the people who joined. Most of the field's pioneer researchers were sociologists. However, the profile of... -
A Study of the Movement of Spiritual Awareness: Religious Innovation and Cultural Change by J. Lewis 9781349476879
Booksplease Price: £46.28MSIA, the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness, has been called the Cadillac of cults. Those interested in new religions may only know of MSIA from these kinds of labels. However, when looked at... -
Textbook Gods: Genre, Text and Teaching Religious Studies by Bengt-Ove Andreassen 9781781790540
RRP: £65.00Booksplease Price: £33.57In recent years there has been a renewed interest in textbooks, partly because they have maintained their position as an important genre. Not too many years ago - and perhaps currently as well - ...