An essential resource for both teens and teachers, this completely updated and revised edition features more than 650 entries. This reference guide is designed to provide information about all active cults and sects throughout the world, including religious movements that your students might come into contact with or want to know about. Get historical information on such groups as the Order of Solar Temple and the apparent mass suicide of forty-six of its members in Switzerland and Quebec. In addition, you will find up-to ...
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An essential resource for both teens and teachers, this completely updated and revised edition features more than 650 entries. This reference guide is designed to provide information about all active cults and sects throughout the world, including religious movements that your students might come into contact with or want to know about. Get historical information on such groups as the Order of Solar Temple and the apparent mass suicide of forty-six of its members in Switzerland and Quebec. In addition, you will find up-to-date information on Aum Shinrikyo, the group accused of releasing nerve gas into a Japanese subway, as well as an overview of the Heaven's Gate cult, with a synopsis of its history and the events leading up to the mass suicide in Rancho Santa Fe, California. Learn about the origins of well-known groups such as the Scientologists or Theosophists or more obscure groups such as the Cosmic Star Temple. Groups are easy to locate through four comprehensive indexes, including personal names; geographic, alternative, and former group names; and a categorical index that organizes religions according to their type
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Add this copy of The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Active New Religions, to cart. $7.99, good condition, Sold by Friends of the Phoenix Library rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Phoenix, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Rosen Publishing Co.
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Good. This is a former library book with library stickers and stamps. 100% of this purchase will support literacy programs through a nonprofit organization!
Add this copy of The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Active New Religions, to cart. $15.00, good condition, Sold by Shelley and Son Books (IOBA) rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hendersonville, NC, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Rosen Publishing Group.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 24x120x156; A vital resource for students, teachers and anyone interested in learning about new religious movements. Green cloth cover, gilt print and design on spine; pictorial dust jacket, mylar cover. Dust jacket taped to cover front and back; ex-library book, stamped edge. Pictorial illustrations throughout, 341 pp. Text body is clean and free from underlining, highlighting, or notes. Full refund if not satisfied.
Add this copy of The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Active New Religions, to cart. $40.68, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Rosen Publishing Group.
