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Pocket Dictionary of New Religious Movements

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Description

Irving Hexham has designed Pocket Dictionary of New Religious Movements to be an indispensable companion for students of religion and a fascinating guide for curious and perplexed observers of the religious scene.

Here are nearly 450 entries covering

specific groups, from the Aetherius Society to the Zion Christian Church

practices, from the Alexander technique to Yoga

UFO religion, from alien abductions to Unarius Academy of Science

symbols, from the ankh to yin-yang

religious texts, from the apocryphal New Testament to the Vinaya-Pitaka

religious leaders, from George Adamski to Rabbi Zalman

Features

A - Z reference on new religious movements
Brief
Includes entries on groups, practices, symbols, texts and leaders
Covers a wide variety of movements, both well known and exotic
Written by a respected authority on new religious movements
Finalist, 2003 Word Guild Canadian Writing Awards

About the Author(s)

Irving Hexham is professor of religious studies at the University of Calgary in Alberta (Canada). An internationally recognized expert on new religious movements, he is the author (with Karla Poewe, his wife) of Understanding Cults and New Religions (Eerdmans, 1986) and New Religions as Global Cultures (Westview, 1997).

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Installed size (unless otherwise indicated): Approximately 428.875 KB. iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Requires iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad running iOS 5.0 or later. Download size: 428.875 KB. Android Requires Android OS 2.2 or later. Download size: 428.875 KB. Windows Phone Requires Windows Phone 7.5 or later. Download size: 428.875 KB. Windows Store Download size: 428.875 KB. Windows PC Requires Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, or later. Download size: 731..75 KB. Windows Mobile Requires Pocket PC / Windows Mobile version 6.5 or earlier. Download size: 416.875 KB.

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