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Alternative religions:

a sociological introduction
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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2003 - Social Science - 268 pages
Alternative religions attract great public, academic and government interest in our apparently post-Christian society. Yet how did all the 'alternatives' develop, what are their beliefs and practices and how significant are their impact in terms of the world's religions and society? This book presents a comprehensive introduction to the major forms of alternative religions: Cults, Sects, New Religious Movements, the New Age, Fundamentalism, Penecostalism, Ethnic Religions and Quasi Religions. Stephen Hunt presents sociological insights into the rise of alternative religions, their beliefs and practices, their impact, who joins them and why, and how they are being classified and could be re-classified in the future. Public and legal controversies surrounding some alternative religions, such as the so-called 'dangerous cults', are also explored. Offering a broad introduction to alternative religions, this book offers students added insights into contemporary themes such as secularisation, post-modernity, links between religion, healing and human potential, and changes in our global culture.
  

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Contents

Alternative religion in perspective
1
Figures
9
Belief in occultist practices in Britain 197090
10
Cults
17
Types of religious organizations
19
Sectarianism
33
Sects and deprivation
37
Summary
56
Related neoPagan practices
155
Contemporary esoteric movements
161
Depiction of the fall of Adam and Eve from The Watchtower magazine Jehovahs Witnesses
165
Pagan symbols in use among neoPagan groups today
166
Enoch Adeboye leader of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Nigeria
167
Healing card Divine Inner Light movement
168
Popular forms of religiosity
169
Teenagers involved in occult practices in England 1992
171

The Family pamphlet on Flirty Fishing
57
Rooms in Masonic Temple Salt Lake City
58
Cover of Plain Truth magazine of the Worldwide Church of God
59
Cover of Lesbian and Gay Christians magazine
60
The global significance of Christian fundamentalism
70
New Religious Movements
89
Some major New Religious Movements
109
The New Age
131
NeoPaganism and esoteric spiritualities
147
Estimate of pagan numbers in Britain 1992
154
Human potential and healing movements
183
World religions and the faiths
201
Quasireligions
221
international patterns
233
Beliefs in Sweden
234
Swedish youths belief in the paranormal
235
Bibliography
239
Glossary of terms
257
Index
263
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