A Reader in New Religious Movements.(Book review)

From: Journal of Church and State | Date: March 22, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

A Reader in New Religious Movements. Edited by George Chryssides and Margaret Wilkins. London: Continuum, 2006. 432pp. $42.95 paper.

This is an excellent anthology and sourcebook on a number of prominent new religious movements, containing original writings of several founders and members of some of the more controversial and well-known "cults." The editors have assisted the reader by furnishing substantial introductions to segments of the volume, setting the selections within a sociologically informed context. The beginning of the book briefly describes ten groups, including ...

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