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Title: Cults in America
Condition: New
Author: James R. Lewis
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Subtitle: A Reference Handbook
ISBN-10: 157607031X
EAN: 9781576070314
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781576070314
Release Date: 18/11/1998
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 229mm
Item Length: 152mm
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Social Sciences
Type: Hardback
Item Weight: 680g
Series: Contemporary World Issues
Release Year: 1998
Description: Since 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 to events in earlier American history, focusing on cults as a contemporary phenomenon. The key issue of mind control is covered, overviews of the most controversial churches, and biographies of their leaders are prominent features of this book. Legislative efforts and court decisions, particularly those surrounding the issue of religious liberty, are covered in detail. Cults in America features a directory of organizations in both the United States and Europe, a selected bibliography, print and nonprint resources, a chronology with the dates of religious events in American history, and coverage of events such as the Solar Temple and Heaven's Gate incidents.

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