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Exploring New Religions
Continuum International Publishing 1999; US$ 170.00An objective, well-researched history of contemporary new religions and cults.New religious movements - popularly known as cults - arouse strong public opinion and most books on the subject are polemical, giving hostile reaction rather than informed exploration. Exploring New Religions provides an account of a wide variety of new religions, focusing... more...
Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses
Scarecrow Press 2008; US$ 89.99The theme of prophecy, the doctrine of the 144,000, end-time calculations, Armageddon, and the Witnesses' denial of hell are all considered in the Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses, which contains a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and 250 cross-referenced dictionary entries relating to key people and concepts. more...
Christianity Today
Continuum International Publishing 2010; US$ 80.00This new introduction aims to present Christianity through the lens of contemporary issues. . Illustrated throughout with examples and case studies taken from lived religion, each chapter looks at Christianity in a modern context, and modern issues relevant to the religion. After an initial chapter providing an overview of the faith,... more...
The A to Z of Jehovah's Witnesses
Scarecrow Press 2009; US$ 33.99The theme of prophecy, the doctrine of the 144,000, end-time calculations, Armageddon, and the Witnesses' denial of hell are all considered in The A to Z of Jehovah's Witnesses, which contains a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and 250 cross-referenced dictionary entries relating to key people and concepts. more...
The Advent of Sun Myung Moon
Palgrave Macmillan 1991; US$ 160.00The Unification Church (popularly known as the 'Moonies') has been viewed as an eccentric and somewhat sinister 'cult', best known for the 'mass wedding' ceremonies conducted by its leader Sun Myung Moon. In The Advent of Sun Myung Moon George Chryssides remains critical of the movement, but brings the reader out of uninformed prejudice by presenting... more...
Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements
Scarecrow Press 2011; US$ 80.00In this newly updated second edition of the Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements , George D. Chryssides traces the rise and development of new religious movements throughout the world. An updated introduction summarizes the phenomenon of new religious movements and lays out the changes to the dictionary since the 2001 edition, while... more...
Reader in New Religious Movements
Continuum International Publishing 2006; US$ 150.00There are over 600 New Religious Movements (NRMs) in Great Britain alone, and more than 2000 in the United States. A Reader in New Religious Movements provides an introduction to the main teachings of a selection of these organizations, focusing on those that are well established in the West. The contemporaryGÇöand in some cases controversialGÇöNRMs... more...
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