| New Religions as Global Cultures: Making the Human Sacred Contributor(s): Hexham, Irving (Author) |
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ISBN: 036731701X ISBN-13: 9780367317010 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Comparative Religion - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 291.046 |
| Lexile Measure: 1270 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (0.95 lbs) |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the face of the popular crusade to link new religious movements to dangerous cults, brainwashing, and the need for deprogramming, Irving Hexham and Karla Poewe argue that many cults are in fact the product of dynamic interaction between folk religions and the teachings of traditional world religions. With the widespread loss of belief in biblica |