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Modern Religious Cults and Movements / Gaius Glenn Atkins.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Kiraz Theological ArchivePublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (361 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781607242963
  • 9781463218911
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 230
LOC classification:
  • BL80.2 .A855 2010
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Introduction -- Contents -- I. THE FORMS AND BACKGROUNDS OF INHERITED CHRISTIANITY -- II. NEW FORCES AND OLD FAITHS -- III. FAITH HEALING IN GENERAL -- IV. THE APPROACH TO CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND MARY BAKER EDDY -- V. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AS A PHILOSOPHY -- VII. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AS A SYSTEM OF HEALING AND A RELIGION -- VIII. NEW THOUGHT -- IX. THE RETURN OF THE EAST UPON THE WEST -- X. SPIRITUALISM -- XI. MINOR CULTS: THE MEANING OF THE CULTS FOR THE CHURCH
Summary: A modern classic, Modern Religious Cults and Movements has continued to garner citations even after further investigation has continued to add to the literature on the subject. Atkins begins with the forms and backgrounds of what he considered the inevitable Catholic and Protestant traditions. This portrayal of non-traditional religions in its own day is a period piece that will be of interest to students of American religion and historians of religion in general.
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Frontmatter -- Introduction -- Contents -- I. THE FORMS AND BACKGROUNDS OF INHERITED CHRISTIANITY -- II. NEW FORCES AND OLD FAITHS -- III. FAITH HEALING IN GENERAL -- IV. THE APPROACH TO CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND MARY BAKER EDDY -- V. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AS A PHILOSOPHY -- VII. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AS A SYSTEM OF HEALING AND A RELIGION -- VIII. NEW THOUGHT -- IX. THE RETURN OF THE EAST UPON THE WEST -- X. SPIRITUALISM -- XI. MINOR CULTS: THE MEANING OF THE CULTS FOR THE CHURCH

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A modern classic, Modern Religious Cults and Movements has continued to garner citations even after further investigation has continued to add to the literature on the subject. Atkins begins with the forms and backgrounds of what he considered the inevitable Catholic and Protestant traditions. This portrayal of non-traditional religions in its own day is a period piece that will be of interest to students of American religion and historians of religion in general.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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