New religions as global cultures

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"Although the Great Anti-Cult Crusade links new religious movements to dangerous cults, brainwashing, and the need for deprogramming, Karla Poewe and Irving Hexham argue that many cults are the product of a dynamic interaction between folk religions and the teachings of traditional world religions. Drawing on examples from Africa, the United States, Asia, and Europe, they suggest that few new religions are really new. Most draw on rich, if localized, cultural traditions that are shaped anew by the influence of technological change and international linkages."--Jacket.

subjects: Cults,  Religion and culture,  Religion and sociology,  Study and teaching,  Anti-cult movements,  History,  Sociology,  Cultes,  Religion y cultura,  Religion y sociologia,  Neue Religion,  Religion,  Sekten,  Religion et culture,  Historia,  Estudio y ensenanza,  Religiones,  Worship,  Histoire,  Sociologie religieuse,  Mouvements antisectes,  Comparative Religion

Times: 20th century