Cults in America: A Reference Handbook

by James R. Lewis

Book Overview

Since the early 1970s, alternative religious movements known as cults have been the focus of ever-increasing controversy in America. Cults in America: A Reference Handbook compares present-day cults to events in earlier American history, focusing on cults as a contemporary phenomenon. The key issue of mind control is covered, overviews of the most controversial churches, and biographies of their leaders are prominent features of this book...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157607031X
• ISBN13: 9781576070314
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"