TY - BOOK AU - Ashcraft, W Michael AU - Ashcraft,W Michael TI - A Historical Introduction to the Study of New Religious Movements SN - 9781138059887 U1 - C45.2 PY - 2018/// CY - New York PB - Routledge N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; Early Scholarship ..........17 NRM Studies from 1965-1979........44 Bringing People together ............73 Cultic Studies .........103 NRM studies in the 1980s and early 1990s: Responding to cultic studies ..........134 Violence and the study of NRMS.................161 Gender: Past and Present ..........184 Fieldwork and NRM studies .......210 Conclusion : The present and future in NRM studies ..........234 ER -