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020 _a9781441101976
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082 0 0 _aN08.7
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100 _aOliver, Paul
245 _aNew Religious Movements
_b A Guide for the Perplexed
260 _aLondon
_bBloomsbury
_c2012
300 _a183p
500 _aincludes index and biblioraphy
505 2 _aPART I: PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES AND NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS 1 Conceptual Analysis and New Religious Movements 3 2 Application of Concepts to New Religious Movements 20 PART II: A SURVEY OF NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS 3 Movements Related to Hinduism 39 4 Movements Related to Christianity 59 5 Movements Related to Buddhism 77 6 Syncretistic Movements 90 7 A Synthesis of the Main Themes 111 PART III: SOCIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL THEMES IN NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS 8 Psychological Themes in New Religious Movements 127 9 Gender and Diversity 138 10 Power and Authority 150 11 Postmodernism and the Development of New Religious Movements 160
700 1 _aOliver, Paul
902 _bRFR
942 _cBK
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