Exploring New Religions by George D Chryssides
This account of a wide variety of new religions focuses on their origins, beliefs and practices in a dispassionate way, leaving readers to form their own value judgements.
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Christianity Today
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A Reader in New Religious Movements
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Minority Religions in Europe and the Middle East
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The Bloomsbury Handbook to Studying Christians
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Jehovah's Witnesses
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Fieldwork in New Religious Movements
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Heaven's Gate
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Contested Concepts in the Study of Religion
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Jehovah’s Witnesses
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Christians in the Twenty-First Century
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Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements
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The Insider/Outsider Debate
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The Bloomsbury Companion to New Religious Movements
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The A to Z of New Religious Movements
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Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses
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The A to Z of Jehovah's Witnesses
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The Covid Pandemic and the World's Religions
"General readers, sixth-formers and first-year university students might value it as a ground-clearing exercise prior to more detailed sociological or theological analyses" Reviewed in Theology, September/October 2000
"This book will be invaluable in the study of NRM's [New Religious Movements], providing a wealth of data and description, alerting readers to significant approaches and issues. It is a valuable addition to the series Issues in Contemporary Religion and works admirably in that context." Reviews in Religion and Theology 8.1 (February 2001)
"There is much to commend this work. On two accounts it excels. Firstly, as a text book, it is clear and methodical without being hard work or boring. It should establish itself as a leader in the field for a long time. Secondly, for evangelicals it offers a fresh and helpful balance to the excesses of the counter-culture movement. Chryssides never goes beyond the evidence, and is always careful to treat other religions with sensitivity from a position of knowledge, rather than ignorance." --Reviewed in Themelios 25.3 (June 2000)
"This volume will prove useful for introductory courses in the sociology of religion and on courses dealing with relatively new religious movements in general. It is packed with basic information on the founders and contexts of the emergence of groups and outlines basic teachings and practices of each." Journal of Contemporary Religion, 16.1 (2001)
"This book will be invaluable in the study of NRM's [New Religious Movements], providing a wealth of data and description, alerting readers to significant approaches and issues. It is a valuable addition to the series Issues in Contemporary Religion and works admirably in that context." Reviews in Religion and Theology 8.1 (February 2001)
"There is much to commend this work. On two accounts it excels. Firstly, as a text book, it is clear and methodical without being hard work or boring. It should establish itself as a leader in the field for a long time. Secondly, for evangelicals it offers a fresh and helpful balance to the excesses of the counter-culture movement. Chryssides never goes beyond the evidence, and is always careful to treat other religions with sensitivity from a position of knowledge, rather than ignorance." --Reviewed in Themelios 25.3 (June 2000)
"This volume will prove useful for introductory courses in the sociology of religion and on courses dealing with relatively new religious movements in general. It is packed with basic information on the founders and contexts of the emergence of groups and outlines basic teachings and practices of each." Journal of Contemporary Religion, 16.1 (2001)
George D. Chryssides is a Visiting Research Fellow at York St John University, UK, and was formerly Head of Religious Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, UK.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780826459596 |
| ISBN 10 | 0826459595 |
| Title | Exploring New Religions |
| Author | George D Chryssides |
| Series | Issues In Contemporary Religion |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 1999-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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