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Pages: 456
Authors: James R. Lewis
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-06 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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The relationship between new religious movements (NRMs) and violence has long been a topic of intense public interest--an interest heavily fueled by multiple in
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Language: en
Pages: 457
Authors: James R. Lewis
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-06 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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The relationship between new religious movements (NRMs) and violence has long been a topic of intense public interest--an interest heavily fueled by multiple in
Cults, Religion, and Violence
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Authors: David G. Bromley
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-05-13 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Explores recent high profile cases of new religious movements involved in violence.
Cults and New Religious Movements: A Reader
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Pages: 297
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-06-09 - Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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What is a cult? Why do they emerge? Who joins them? And why do tragedies such as Waco and Jonestown occur? This reader brings together the voices of historians,
A Historical Introduction to the Study of New Religious Movements
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The American public’s perception of New Religious Movements (NRMs) as fundamentally harmful cults stems from the "anticult" movement of the 1970s, which gave