Mystics and messiahs : cults and new religions in American history / Philip Jenkins.

By:

Jenkins, Philip, 1952-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: Spanish Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.Description: 294 p ; 24 cmISBN:

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

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

200.973

LOC classification:

BL 2525 J52m 2000

Other classification:

Cn-qa

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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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.

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