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Controversial New Religions

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

Controversial New Religions

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In terms of public opinion, new religious movements are considered controversial for a variety of reasons. Their social organization often runs counter to popular expectations by experimenting with communal living, alternative leadership roles, unusual economic dispositions, and new political and ethical values. As a result the general public views new religions with a mixture of curiosity, amusement, and anxiety, sustained by lavish media emphasis on oddness andtragedy rather than familiarity a...Show more

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9780199315314

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Oxford University Press Inc

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2014

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1

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Controversial New Religions

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