Mystics and messiahs : cults and new religions in American history /

Jenkins, Philip, 1952-

Mystics and messiahs : cults and new religions in American history / Philip Jenkins. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000. - 294 p ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overrun with Messiahs --
False prophets and deluded subjects: the nineteenth century --
Anti-Christian cults?: The Christian sects, 1890-1930 --
The first new age --
Black gods --
The cult racket: anticult campaigns, 1920-1940 --
The purge of the forties --
The new boom, 1960-1980 --
Cult wars, 1969-1985 --
Devil cults and doomsday cults, 1980-2000 --
Teeming with faith.

In this full-length account of cults and anti-cult scares in American history, Jenkins gives accurate historical perspective and shows how many of today's mainstream religions were originally regarded as cults.

0195127447 (alk. paper) 9780195127447 (alk. paper)


Cults--History--United States--20th century.
Culto--Historia --Estados Unidos--Siglo XX.


United States--Religion--20th century.
Estados Unidos--Siglo XX--Religión

BL 2525 / J52m 2000

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