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020 _a0814707025 (cloth : alk. paper)
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245 0 0 _aNew religious movements :
_ba documentary reader /
_cedited by Dereck Daschke and W. Michael Ashcraft.
260 _aNew York :
_bNew York University Press,
_cc2005.
300 _ax, 341 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPART I : NEW UNDERSTANDINGS : 1. Christian Science: From Retrospection And Introspection / Mary Baker Eddy -- From Science And Health With Key To The Scriptures / Mary Baker Eddy. 2. Theosophy: from "Why I Became a Theosophist" / Alice Bolton -- from The Ocean of Theosophy / William Q. Judge. 3. UFO Religious Groups: from Connections: Solving Our Alien Abduction Mystery / Beth Collings and Anna Jamerson. PART II : NEW SELVES : 4. Wicca: from "The Principles of Wiccan Belief" / The Council of American Witches -- from The Wicca Handbook / Eileen Holland -- from Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner / Scott Cunningham. 5. Soka Gakkai: from "Human Revolution" / Daisaku Ikeda from The Buddha in Daily Life: An Introduction to the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin / Richard Causton. PART III : NEW FAMILIES : 6. The Unification Church: from "The Purpose Of Creation" / The Holy Spirit Association For The Unification Of World Christianity -- from "Blessed Marriage In The Unification Church: Sacramental Ideals And Their Application To Daily Marital Life" / Hugh and Nora Spurgin. 7. The Family/ Children of God: from Women In The Family / Paul and Nora Williams -- from "One Wife" / Moses David -- from "The Family's Foundation: God's Law of Love" / The Family -- from "Responsibilities Of The Charter Home: Regarding Children And Parents" / The Family. 8 .Santeria: From The Altar Of My Soul: The Living Traditions Of Santeria / Marta Morena Vega. Part IV : New Societies : 9. The Rastafarians: from The Kebra Nagast: The Lost Bible of Rastafarian Wisdom and Faith from Ethiopia and Jamaica / Gerald Hausman, ed. -- from The Holy Piby: The Blackman's Bible / Robert Athlyi Rogers. 10. The Nation of Islam: from Message to the Blackman in America / Elijah Muhammad -- from The Autobiography of Malcolm X / Malcolm X and Alex Haley. 11. The Peoples Temple: Interview on Ukiah radio station, May 10 or 11, 1973 / Jim Jones -- Political and Religious Lecture, October 15, 1974 / Jim Jones -- Sermon in Philadelphia, 1976 / Jim Jones -- The "Death Tape," November 18, 1978 / Jim Jones -- Suicide Note / Richard Tropp. PART V : NEW WORLDS : 12. The Adventist Tradition: from Evidence from Scripture and History of the Second Coming of Christ about the Year 1843: Exhibited in a Course of Lectures / William Miller -- from America in Prophecy / Ellen G. White -- from A Place Called Waco: A Survivor's Story / David Thibodeau and Leon Whiteson. 13. Jehovah's Witnesses: from Millennial Dawn, vol. 1: The Plan of the Ages / Charles Taze Russell -- from Jehovah's Witness Tract Literature: "Life in a Peaceful New World" and "Eternal Happiness-In Heaven or on Earth?" -- from Knowledge that Leads to Everlasting Life. 14. The New Millennium: NRMs and the Year 2000 : from the Heaven's Gate Website -- from "Disappearance of the Spiritual Life of Earth and the Madness of the Human-Devil Realm" / Hon-ming Chen -- from Give Me That Online Religion / Barbara Brasher. Appendix : Constructing the New Religious Threat: Anticult and Countercult movements / Douglas E. Cowan.
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700 1 _aDaschke, Dereck.
700 1 _aAshcraft, W. Michael,
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