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Mystics and Messiahs
Cults and New Religions in American History
«Where the multiplication of sects was characteristic of just one phase of English history, the mid seventeenth century, such multiplication has been a constant feature of American history. This book is an engaging examination of that divesity.»
Ecclesiastical History, vol. 52/4
This work gives an account of cults and anti-cult scares in American history. Contrary to popular belief, cults were by no means an invention of the 1960s. Most of the images and stereotypes surrounding religious fringe movements can be traced to the 19th century. Les mer
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This work gives an account of cults and anti-cult scares in American history. Contrary to popular belief, cults were by no means an invention of the 1960s. Most of the images and stereotypes surrounding religious fringe movements can be traced to the 19th century.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780195127447
- Utgivelsesår
- 2000
- Format
- 16 x 24 cm
Om forfatteren
Phillip Jenkins is Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies at Penn State University and the author of Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Social Crisis (OUP). He lives in University Park, Pennsylvania.
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«Where the multiplication of sects was characteristic of just one phase of English history, the mid seventeenth century, such multiplication has been a constant feature of American history. This book is an engaging examination of that divesity.»
Ecclesiastical History, vol. 52/4
«Jenkins is to be commended for his thoroughness and his evenhandedness in describing and comparing heterodox religious movements.»
Todd Breyfogle, Reviews in Religion and Theology, Vol 8, Issue 3, June 2001
«a book that is not only highly readable but also sheds important light on the development of alternative religions in the Western world.»
Church of England Newspaper, 8th Sept, 2000.
«Perhaps this book will do some good by encouraging us to be more selective and discriminating in our response to them [cults].»
Church of England Newspaper, 8th Sept. 2000.
«Always stimulating»
Patrick Allitt, TLS