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A handy guide to the world's most popular new religions.In this reader-friendly guide, Nigel Scotland explains nearly fifty key movements in modern religion, including Mormonism, New Age, Wicca, Scientology, and UFO religions. Marked by a respectful tone throughout, these brief but thorough overviews are often derived from the religion's own literature, some even read by members of the religious group for accuracy. Each chapter is divided into easy-to-understand sections focusing on origins of the group, core beliefs, recent developments, and present-day practice. A remarkable and accessible work, Scotland's guide makes a complicated subject accessible for anyone wanting to understand the basics of some of the newest and least understood world religions.Scotland, Nigel is the author of 'Baker Pocket Guide to New Religions ', published 2006 under ISBN 9780801066207 and ISBN 0801066204.
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