Mason, Claire.

New religious movements : the impact on our lives / Claire Mason. - Chicago, Ill. : Raintree, c2004. - 64 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm. - 21st century debates .

Includes index.

Cults, sects, or new religions? -- New religious movements around the world -- Controversial new religious movements -- Who joins new religious movements? -- Voluntary conversion or brainwashing? -- Life in a new religious movement -- Leaving new religious movements -- Anticult and countercult movements -- The future : protection, persecution, or tolerance?

ISBN: 0739860321

LCCN: 2002155352

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cults.
Sects.

LC Class. No.: BP603 / .M29 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 291.9