Another Gospel: Cults, Alternative Religions, and the New Age Movement
A comprehensive survey of major alternative religions in the United States, including new groups since the 1960s\ Crystals, shamans, guided imagery, healing meditation---why have these New Age practices been so eagerly accepted by so many North Americans? Why were Mormonism, Christian Science, and Baha'i so warmly welcomed earlier?\ Another Gospel explains how these and other alternative religious movements appear to meet people's needs. Ruth Tucker's overview illumines the personalities...
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Ruth A. Tucker's book is a comprehensive survey of all the major alternative religions in the United States, including the new groups since the 1960s.
Preface9Introduction111Cults, Sects, Denominations, World Religions: Definition of Terms152Historical Heresy: Unorthodox Movements of Past Centuries313Mormonism: The Legacy of Joseph Smith494Seventh-Day Adventism: Eschatological Confusion935Jehovah's Witnesses: A Religion of Protest1176Christian Science: A Denial of the Material World1497New Thought and Unity: Health and Happiness1778The Worldwide Church of God: Reinterpreting Israel and the Law1919The Way International: Denying the Deity of Christ21710The Children of God: Evangelism and Sex Perversion23111The Unification Church: Proclaiming a New Messiah24512Hare Krishnas: Transplanted Hinduism26713Baha'i: A Peace and Unity Movement Out of Islam28514Scientology: Mind-Altering Pseudo-Psychology29915The New Age Movement: The Occult Made Respectable319Appendix ALesser-Known Cultic Movements357Appendix BCultic Statements of Belief389Appendix CMajor Tenets of Orthodox Christianity399Notes407Bibliography433Index457
