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New Religious Movements in the United States and Canada: A Critical Assessment and Annotated Bibliography

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

New Religious Movements in the United States and Canada: A Critical Assessment and Annotated Bibliography

Contributors:

By (Author) Diane Choquette

ISBN:

9780313237720

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Greenwood Press

Publication Date:

14th November 1985

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Religious communities and monasticism
Eclectic and esoteric religions and belief systems

Dewey:

299.93

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

235

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Reviews

This annotated bibliography focuses on new or alternative religious movements that originated or experienced renewed growth during the 1960s and 1970s in the U.S. and Canada. The term new religious movement is used interchangeably with cult in a nonpejorative manner. The scope includes works about traditional Eastern religions and their variations, neo-pagan and related groups, New Age communes, the Human Potential Movement, spiritualist/UFO, and occult/initiatory groups, as well as unusual variations of Christianity such as the Jesus People, Unification Church, and Peoples Temple. Related issues such as religious liberty, deprogramming, and brainwashing conversion are also covered.... Arranged by broad category of work, the bibliography has sections on reference items, various types of scholarly studies, and popular works, such as personal accounts. Larger sections are subdivided by type of work or subject.... The author/title index and subject index to terms, movements, groups, and names are well designed and thorough. Each entry contains complete bibliographic information and a one-paragraph annotation that is both descriptive and evaluative.... Choquette's bibliography provides an outstanding overview of the literature about new religious movements for libraries of all types.-Reference Books Bulletin
"This annotated bibliography focuses on new or alternative religious movements that originated or experienced renewed growth during the 1960s and 1970s in the U.S. and Canada. The term new religious movement is used interchangeably with cult in a nonpejorative manner. The scope includes works about traditional Eastern religions and their variations, neo-pagan and related groups, New Age communes, the Human Potential Movement, spiritualist/UFO, and occult/initiatory groups, as well as unusual variations of Christianity such as the Jesus People, Unification Church, and Peoples Temple. Related issues such as religious liberty, deprogramming, and brainwashing conversion are also covered.... Arranged by broad category of work, the bibliography has sections on reference items, various types of scholarly studies, and popular works, such as personal accounts. Larger sections are subdivided by type of work or subject.... The author/title index and subject index to terms, movements, groups, and names are well designed and thorough. Each entry contains complete bibliographic information and a one-paragraph annotation that is both descriptive and evaluative.... Choquette's bibliography provides an outstanding overview of the literature about new religious movements for libraries of all types."-Reference Books Bulletin

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