Cults and new religious movements : a reader - Dawson, Lorne L., 1954- (Malden, MA, USA Blackwell Publishing, 2003)
The scientific study of religion? You must be joking! / Eileen Barker -- The continuum between "cults" and "normal" religion / James A. Beckford -- Three types of new religious movement / Roy Wallis -- Cult formation: three compatible models / William Sims Bainbridge and Rodney Stark -- False prophets and deluded subjects: the nineteenth century / Philip Jenkins -- The new spiritual freedom / Robert Wuthnow -- Who joins new religious movements and why: twenty years of research and what have we learned?
Includes bibliographical references and index
Keywords: Cults; Religious Movements, New; Aufsatzsammlung