Modern Religious Cults and Movements

A modern classic, Modern Religious Cults and Movements has continued to garner citations even after further investigation has continued to add to the literature on the subject. Atkins begins with the forms and backgrounds of what he considered the inevitable Catholic and Protestant traditions. This portrayal of non-traditional religions in its own day is a period piece that will be of interest to students of American religion and historians of religion in general.

Inhalt

• Modern Religious Cults and Movements (page 5)
• Introduction (page 7)
• Contents (page 11)
• I. THE FORMS AND BACKGROUNDS OF INHERITED CHRISTIANITY (page 15)
• II. NEW FORCES AND OLD FAITHS (page 48)
• III. FAITH HEALING IN GENERAL (page 84)
• IV. THE APPROACH TO CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND MARY BAKER EDDY (page 110)
• V. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AS A PHILOSOPY (page 110)
• VI. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AS A THEOLOGY (page 165)
• VII. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AS A SYSTEM OF HEALING AND A RELIGION (page 187)
• VIII. NEW THOUGHT (page 212)
• IX. THE RETURN OF THE EAST UPON THE WEST (page 247)
• X. SPIRITUALISM (page 286)
• XI. MINOR CULTS: THE MEANING OF THE CULTS FOR THE CHURCH (page 328)