Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America: 5 volume set

Gallagher, Eugene V. & Ashcraft, W. Michael

ISBN 10: 0275987124 / ISBN 13: 9780275987121

Published by Greenwood, 2006

About this Item

Texts are unmarked and appear little read, if at all. Volume 1: History and Controversies. Volume 2: Jewish and Christian Traditions. Volume 3: Metaphysical, New Age, and Neopagan Movements.
Volume 4: Asian Traditions. Volume 5: African Diaspora Traditions & Other American Innovations.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1774612417106

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America: 5 volume set
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0275987124
• ISBN 13: 9780275987121
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Dimensions: 6.1W x 7H x 9.9D inches 6.1 inches width by 7 inches height by 9.9 inches depth
• Weight: 2722 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religious Studies

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Synopsis

Most new or alternative religious are gravely misunderstood by members of the religious mainstream. Labeled "cults" or "sects," groups and their members are often ridiculed or otherwise disregarded as weird and potentially dangerous by the populace at large. Despite their efforts at educating the general public, the various anti- and counter-cult activists have in fact promoted much more mis-understanding than accurate understanding of the religious lives of some of their fellow citizens. Consequently, they have helped to create a very hostile environment for anyone whose religious practices do not fit within a so-called "mainstream." This set rectifies the situation by presenting accurate, comprehensive, authoritative and accessible accounts of various new and alternative religious movements that have been and are active in American society, and it addresses ways of understanding new and alternative religions within a broader context.

About the Author

Eugene V. Gallagher is Rosemary Park Professor of Religious Studies Emeritus at Connecticut College, USA.

EUGENE V. GALLAGHER is the Rosemary Park Professor of Religious Studies and Faculty Fellow of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Connecticut College. He is the co-author of Why Waco? Cults and the Battle for Religious Freedom in America (1995) with James D. Tabor, and the author of Expectation and Experience: Explaining Religious Conversion (1990).