ABSTRACT
Covers the history, founders, beliefs, and literature of over five hundred nonconventional and alternative religious movements.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |25 pages
What is a Cult?
part |133 pages
The Established Cults
chapter |9 pages
A. Church of Christ, Scientist (Christian Science)
chapter |10 pages
B. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)
chapter |10 pages
C. Fundamentalist or Polygamy-Practicing Mormon Groups
chapter |10 pages
D. The “I Am” Religious Activity
chapter |13 pages
E. The Identity Movement
chapter |9 pages
F. Jehovah's Witnesses
chapter |6 pages
G. The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
chapter |12 pages
H. Rosicrucians
chapter |10 pages
I. Satanism
chapter |8 pages
J. Spiritualism
chapter |10 pages
K. Theosophy
chapter |9 pages
L. Unity School of Christianity
chapter |6 pages
M. The Universal Peace Mission Movement of Father Divine
chapter |9 pages
N. Worldwide Church of God
part |20 pages
The New Age Movement
part |151 pages
The Newer Cults
chapter |6 pages
A. Christian Foundation
chapter |12 pages
B. The Church of Scientology
chapter |9 pages
C. The Church Universal and Triumphant (Summit Lighthouse)
chapter |7 pages
D. Eckankar
chapter |7 pages
E. Elan Vital (Divine Light Mission)
chapter |8 pages
F. Family of Love (Children of God)
chapter |9 pages
I. The Local Church (Watchman Nee and Witness Lee)
chapter |5 pages
J. The Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness
chapter |8 pages
K. Nichiren Shoshu
chapter |9 pages
L. OSHO (Rajneesh) Foundation International
chapter |7 pages
M. Sikh Dharma (Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization)
chapter |11 pages
O. The Unification Church
chapter |8 pages
P. Vajradhatu (Tibetan Buddhism)
chapter |8 pages
Q. The Way International, Inc.
chapter |9 pages
R. Witchcraft and Neopaganism
part |26 pages
Counter-Cult Groups
chapter |9 pages
A. Evangelical Christianity and the Cults
chapter |15 pages
B. The Anti-Cult Movement
part |35 pages
Violence and the Cults
