A Pocket Guide to Sects and New Religions

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New religious movements are a subject of increasing interest and relevance in our multi-cultural society. This handy little book offers a concise overview of the main new religious movements that have come to prominence in the western world in recent years. In total, it features information about 40 major sects and religious movements in today's world, including:
• The Church of Scientology
• Falun Gong
• The Mormons
• Jehovah's Witnesses
• The Unification Church
• Christian Science
• The Family (Children of God)
• Satya Sai Baba Society
• Paganism
• UFO Religions

NIGEL SCOTLAND is Field Chair in the School of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Gloucestershire.  His most recent publications include Sectarian Religion in Contemporary Britain (2000), Good and Proper Men: Lord Palmerston and the Bench of Bishops (2000), and Charismatics and the New Millennium (2000). He also contributed to Lion’s Encyclopedia of New Religions (2004).