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Understanding New Religious Movements by Saliba, John A. is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Understanding New Religious Movements about?
From Jonestown to Waco, from the Moonies to Scientology, new religious movements or "cults", as they are often and pejoratively called - are constantly in the news. Few books from a Christian background are anything but hostile to the vast expansion of these new ways of expressing religious sentiment. But Understanding New Religious Movements is different. John A. Saliba, who has been writing on new religious movements since 1976, here offer a dispassionate, balanced analysis of new religions. A
Who reads Understanding New Religious Movements?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Saliba, John A.
- Publisher
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780802842268
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Islam, Religion, Cults
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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