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| Foreword |
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| Introduction |
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1 | (12) |
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11 | (2) |
| Summary of Chapter 1 |
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New Religious Movements: their incidence and significance |
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15 | (18) |
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15 | (1) |
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How many NRMs are there now? |
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15 | (2) |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (2) |
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20 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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21 | (4) |
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The significance of NRMs for individuals |
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25 | (1) |
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The significance of NRMs for the rest of society |
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26 | (3) |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (3) |
| Summary of Chapter 2 |
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33 | (16) |
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The Easternisation of the West |
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35 | (14) |
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Introduction: a changing vocabulary |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (1) |
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Spiritual and mystical religion |
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38 | (2) |
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40 | (4) |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (1) |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (2) |
| Summary of Chapter 3 |
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49 | (30) |
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Prosperity and the New Age Movement: the efficacy of spiritual economics |
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51 | (28) |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (3) |
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Prosperity beyond the counter-culture |
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55 | (5) |
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60 | (2) |
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New Age understanding of the efficacy of prosperity practices |
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62 | (5) |
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67 | (2) |
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Some broader considerations |
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69 | (2) |
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71 | (8) |
| Summary of Chapter 4 |
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79 | (22) |
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New Religious Movements: the legal dimension |
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81 | (20) |
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81 | (4) |
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Religious freedom under British law |
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85 | (3) |
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Freedom of belief and freedom of practice |
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88 | (2) |
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The secular analysis of religion |
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90 | (1) |
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Objectivity and New Religious Movements |
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91 | (2) |
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93 | (3) |
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96 | (5) |
| Summary of Chapter 5 |
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101 | (20) |
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The mass media and New Religious Movements |
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103 | (18) |
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103 | (1) |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (2) |
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The portrayal of NRMs in the mass media |
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107 | (5) |
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Journalists and academic researchers |
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112 | (4) |
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116 | (1) |
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117 | (4) |
| Summary of Chapter 6 |
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121 | (20) |
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New Religious Movements and mental health |
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123 | (18) |
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123 | (3) |
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Deep theories and empirical studies |
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126 | (3) |
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129 | (1) |
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Mental health and religion in general |
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130 | (2) |
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Stress, defence, coping -- and religion |
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132 | (3) |
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135 | (2) |
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137 | (4) |
| Summary of Chapter 7 |
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141 | (22) |
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Women in New Religious Movements |
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143 | (20) |
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143 | (2) |
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Women in power in the Osho movement |
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145 | (1) |
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Discipleship: the path of feminine spirituality? |
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146 | (1) |
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Sexual abuse: the shadow side of the master--disciple relationship |
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147 | (3) |
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Sexuality and marriage in NRMs |
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150 | (4) |
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Motherhood and community: beyond the nuclear family |
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154 | (3) |
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Female spiritual leadership in NRMs |
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157 | (2) |
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A new typology of spiritual needs and values |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (3) |
| Summary of Chapter 8 |
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163 | (18) |
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New Religious Movements and the Churches |
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165 | (16) |
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An example of the challenge |
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165 | (1) |
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NRMs are not a new phenomenon |
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166 | (1) |
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NRMs in theological perspective |
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167 | (2) |
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169 | (4) |
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173 | (3) |
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176 | (2) |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (2) |
| Summary of Chapter 9 |
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181 | (14) |
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Damanhur: a magical community in Italy |
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183 | (12) |
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Alternative spirituality in Piedmont |
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184 | (1) |
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The origins and history of Damanhur |
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185 | (2) |
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187 | (2) |
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189 | (2) |
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191 | (2) |
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193 | (2) |
| Summary of Chapter 10 |
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195 | (16) |
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Japanese New Religious Movements in Brazil: from ethnic to `universal' religions |
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197 | (14) |
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197 | (1) |
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The salient features of Japanese NRMs |
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198 | (3) |
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The response to modernity |
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201 | (1) |
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The Brazilian context and the Japanese heritage |
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202 | (4) |
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The process of Brazilianisation |
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206 | (3) |
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209 | (1) |
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209 | (2) |
| Summary of Chapter 11 |
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211 | (24) |
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Anti-cultists in the United States: an historical perspective |
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213 | (22) |
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213 | (2) |
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215 | (2) |
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217 | (3) |
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Jonestown and the revival of anti-cultism |
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220 | (5) |
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International anti-cultism |
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225 | (1) |
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The rise and fall of brainwashing |
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226 | (2) |
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The collapse of the Cult Awareness Network |
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228 | (1) |
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The revival of anti-cultism in Europe |
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229 | (2) |
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231 | (1) |
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232 | (3) |
| Summary of Chapter 12 |
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235 | (20) |
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The response to New Religious Movements in East Germany after reunification |
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237 | (18) |
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237 | (2) |
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Labelling theory and the Jugendreligionen |
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239 | (1) |
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The moral crusade in the former East Germany |
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240 | (3) |
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Strategies in opinion formation |
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243 | (2) |
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245 | (3) |
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248 | (2) |
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250 | (2) |
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252 | (3) |
| Summary of Chapter 13 |
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255 | (20) |
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Britain's anti-cult movement |
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257 | (18) |
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257 | (2) |
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259 | (1) |
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The secular anti-cult groups |
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260 | (4) |
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Christian anti-cult groups |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (2) |
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Assessing anti-cult achievements |
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267 | (1) |
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Effects of the anti-cult movement |
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268 | (3) |
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271 | (4) |
| Index |
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