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Books on New Religious Movements

135 books — primary sources in translation, practitioners’ classics and current scholarship.

Cover of The Advent of Sun Myung Moon: The Origins, Beliefs and Practices of the Unification Church The Advent of Sun Myung MoonGeorge D. Chryssides 1991 Among the ScientologistsDonald A. Westbrook Among the ScientologistsDonald A. Westbrook 2019 Cover of Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses Apocalypse DelayedM. James Penton 1985 Cover of The Baha'i Faith: A Beginner's Guide The Baha'i FaithMoojan Momen 2007 Cover of Bahá'u'lláh: The King of Glory Bahá'u'lláhH. M. Balyuzi 1980 Cover of Bantu Prophets in South Africa Bantu Prophets in South AfricaBengt G. M. Sundkler 1948 Cover of Bare-Faced Messiah: The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard Bare-Faced MessiahRussell Miller 1987 Cover of Between Resistance and Martyrdom: Jehovah's Witnesses in the Third Reich Between Resistance and MartyrdomDetlef Garbe 2008 Cover of The Book of Mormon: A Biography The Book of MormonPaul C. Gutjahr 2012 Cover of The Book of Mormon: The Earliest Text The Book of MormonRoyal Skousen (ed.) Royal Skousen (ed.)2009 Cover of By the Hand of Mormon: The American Scripture That Launched a New World Religion By the Hand of MormonTerryl L. Givens 2002 Cover of Caodai Spiritism: A Study of Religion in Vietnamese Society Caodai SpiritismVictor L. Oliver 1976 Cover of Celebrity Gods: New Religions, Media, and Authority in Occupied Japan Celebrity GodsBenjamin Dorman 2012 Cover of Christian Science Christian ScienceMark Twain 1907 Cover of Christian Science on Trial: Religious Healing in America Christian Science on TrialRennie B. Schoepflin 2003 Cover of The Church in Africa, 1450–1950 The Church in Africa, 1450–1950Adrian Hastings 1994 Cover of The Church of Scientology: A History of a New Religion The Church of ScientologyHugh B. Urban 2011 Cover of Comprehending Cults: The Sociology of New Religious Movements Comprehending CultsLorne L. Dawson 1998 Cover of Crisis of Conscience Crisis of ConscienceRaymond Franz 1983 Cover of Cults and New Religions: A Brief History Cults and New ReligionsDouglas E. Cowan and David G. Bromley 2008 The Dawn-BreakersNabíl-i-Aʻẓam The Dawn-BreakersNabíl-i-Aʻẓam Shoghi Effendi (trans.)1932 Cover of The Democratization of American Christianity The Democratization of American ChristianityNathan O. Hatch 1989 Cover of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health DianeticsL. Ron Hubbard 1950 Cover of The Disappointed: Millerism and Millenarianism in the Nineteenth Century The DisappointedRonald L. Numbers and Jonathan M. Butler Ronald L. Numbers and Jonathan M. Butler (eds)1987 The Divine Eye and the DiasporaJanet Alison Hoskins The Divine Eye and the DiasporaJanet Alison Hoskins 2015 Cover of Doomsday Cult: A Study of Conversion, Proselytization, and Maintenance of Faith Doomsday CultJohn Lofland 1966 Cover of Early Mormonism and the Magic World View Early Mormonism and the Magic World ViewD. Michael Quinn 1987 Cover of The Elementary Forms of the New Religious Life The Elementary Forms of the New Religious LifeRoy Wallis 1984 Cover of Ellen Harmon White: American Prophet Ellen Harmon WhiteTerrie Dopp Aamodt, Gary Land and Ronald L. Numbers (eds) Terrie Dopp Aamodt, Gary Land and Ronald L. Numbers (eds)2014 Cover of The Emergence of Christian Science in American Religious Life The Emergence of Christian Science in American Religious LifeStephen Gottschalk 1973 Cover of Encyclopedic Handbook of Cults in America Encyclopedic Handbook of Cults in AmericaJ. Gordon Melton 1986 Cover of Epistle to the Son of the Wolf Epistle to the Son of the WolfBahá'u'lláh Shoghi Effendi (trans.)1941 Cover of Expecting Armageddon: Essential Readings in Failed Prophecy Expecting ArmageddonJon R. Stone Jon R. Stone (ed.)2000 Exposition of the Divine PrincipleHoly Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity Exposition of the Divine PrincipleHoly Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity 1996 Cover of Falun Gong and the Future of China Falun Gong and the Future of ChinaDavid Ownby 2008 Cover of From Salvation to Spirituality: Popular Religious Movements in Modern Japan From Salvation to SpiritualityShimazono Susumu 2004 Cover of The Future of Religion: Secularization, Revival and Cult Formation The Future of ReligionRodney Stark and William Sims Bainbridge 1985 Cover of Gate of the Heart: Understanding the Writings of the Báb Gate of the HeartNader Saiedi 2008 Cover of Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláhBahá'u'lláh Shoghi Effendi (trans.)1935 Gnostic Apocalypse and IslamTodd Lawson Gnostic Apocalypse and IslamTodd Lawson 2011 Cover of God Passes By God Passes ByShoghi Effendi 1944 Cover of God's Perfect Child: Living and Dying in the Christian Science Church God's Perfect ChildCaroline Fraser 1999 Cover of Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief Going ClearLawrence Wright 2013 Cover of Gone from the Promised Land: Jonestown in American Cultural History Gone from the Promised LandJohn R. Hall 1987 Cover of The Great Controversy The Great ControversyEllen G. White 1888 Cover of Health and Medicine in the Christian Science Tradition: Principle, Practice, and Challenge Health and Medicine in the Christian Science TraditionRobert Peel 1988 Cover of Hearing the Voices of Jonestown Hearing the Voices of JonestownMary McCormick Maaga 1998 Cover of The History and Theology of Soka Gakkai: A Japanese New Religion The History and Theology of Soka GakkaiDaniel A. Métraux 1988 Cover of A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835–1870 A House Full of FemalesLaurel Thatcher Ulrich 2017 Cover of How the Millennium Comes Violently: From Jonestown to Heaven's Gate How the Millennium Comes ViolentlyCatherine Wessinger 2000 Cover of The Human Revolution The Human RevolutionDaisaku Ikeda 1972 Cover of In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith In Sacred LonelinessTodd Compton 1997 An Introduction to the Baha'i FaithPeter Smith An Introduction to the Baha'i FaithPeter Smith 2008 Cover of Japanese New Religions in Global Perspective Japanese New Religions in Global PerspectivePeter B. Clarke Peter B. Clarke (ed.)2000 Cover of Jehovah's Witnesses: Continuity and Change Jehovah's WitnessesGeorge D. Chryssides 2016 Cover of Jehovah's Witnesses: Portrait of a Contemporary Religious Movement Jehovah's WitnessesAndrew Holden 2002 Cover of Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Mormonism Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of MormonismRichard L. Bushman 1984 Cover of Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling Joseph SmithRichard Lyman Bushman 2005 Cover of Judging Jehovah's Witnesses: Religious Persecution and the Dawn of the Rights Revolution Judging Jehovah's WitnessesShawn Francis Peters 2000 Cover of Kidnapped from That Land: The Government Raids on the Short Creek Polygamists Kidnapped from That LandMartha Sonntag Bradley 1993 Cover of Kimbangu: An African Prophet and His Church KimbanguMarie-Louise Martin 1975 Cover of Kingdom and Community: The Social World of Early Christianity Kingdom and CommunityJohn G. Gager 1975 Cover of The Kitáb-i-Aqdas: The Most Holy Book The Kitáb-i-AqdasBahá'u'lláh 1992 Cover of The Kitáb-i-Íqán: The Book of Certitude The Kitáb-i-ÍqánBahá'u'lláh Shoghi Effendi (trans.)1931 The Kongo Saint AnthonyJohn K. Thornton The Kongo Saint AnthonyJohn K. Thornton 1998 Cover of Kurozumikyō and the New Religions of Japan Kurozumikyō and the New Religions of JapanHelen Hardacre 1986 L'Église du prophète KimbanguSusan Asch L'Église du prophète KimbanguSusan Asch 1983 Lay Buddhism in Contemporary JapanHelen Hardacre Lay Buddhism in Contemporary JapanHelen Hardacre 1984 Cover of The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian Science The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian ScienceGeorgine Milmine 1909 Cover of The Making of a Moonie: Choice or Brainwashing? The Making of a MoonieEileen Barker 1984 Cover of Mary Baker Eddy Mary Baker EddyGillian Gill 1998 Cover of Mary Baker Eddy: The Years of Discovery Mary Baker EddyRobert Peel 1966 The Messiah of ShirazDenis MacEoin The Messiah of ShirazDenis MacEoin 2009 Messianic Popular Movements in the Lower CongoEfraim Andersson Messianic Popular Movements in the Lower CongoEfraim Andersson 1958 Cover of Millenarianism and Peasant Politics in Vietnam Millenarianism and Peasant Politics in VietnamHue-Tam Ho Tai 1983 Cover of Millennial Fever and the End of the World Millennial Fever and the End of the WorldGeorge R. Knight 1993 Cover of Misunderstanding Cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field Misunderstanding CultsBenjamin Zablocki and Thomas Robbins Benjamin Zablocki and Thomas Robbins (eds)2001 Cover of Modern Kongo Prophets: Religion in a Plural Society Modern Kongo ProphetsWyatt MacGaffey 1983 Cover of Modernity and Re-enchantment: Religion in Post-revolutionary Vietnam Modernity and Re-enchantmentPhilip Taylor Philip Taylor (ed.)2007 Modernity and the MillenniumJuan R. I. Cole Modernity and the MillenniumJuan R. I. Cole 1998 Cover of Moonies in America: Cult, Church, and Crusade Moonies in AmericaDavid G. Bromley and Anson D. Shupe 1979 Cover of More Wives Than One: Transformation of the Mormon Marriage System, 1840–1910 More Wives Than OneKathryn M. Daynes 2001 Cover of Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith Mormon EnigmaLinda King Newell and Valeen Tippetts Avery 1984 Cover of The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith The Mormon PeopleMatthew Bowman 2012 Cover of Mormon Polygamy: A History Mormon PolygamyRichard S. Van Wagoner 1986 Cover of The Mormon Question: Polygamy and Constitutional Conflict in Nineteenth-Century America The Mormon QuestionSarah Barringer Gordon 2002 Cover of Mormonism: The Story of a New Religious Tradition MormonismJan Shipps 1985 Cover of New Era – New Religions: Religious Transformation in Contemporary Brazil New Era – New ReligionsAndrew Dawson 2007 Cover of New Religions: A Guide New ReligionsChristopher Partridge Christopher Partridge (ed.)2004 New Religious MovementsEileen Barker New Religious MovementsEileen Barker 1989 Cover of No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith No Man Knows My HistoryFawn M. Brodie 1945 Cover of The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements The Oxford Handbook of New Religious MovementsJames R. Lewis James R. Lewis (ed.)2004 Cover of Peasant Politics and Religious Sectarianism: Peasant and Priest in the Cao Dai in Viet Nam Peasant Politics and Religious SectarianismJayne Susan Werner 1981 Cover of Peoples Temple and Black Religion in America Peoples Temple and Black Religion in AmericaRebecca Moore, Anthony B. Pinn and Mary R. Sawyer Rebecca Moore, Anthony B. Pinn and Mary R. Sawyer (eds.)2004 Cover of Prophetess of Health: A Study of Ellen G. White Prophetess of HealthRonald L. Numbers 1976 The Ras Tafari Movement in Kingston, JamaicaM. G. Smith The Ras Tafari Movement in Kingston, JamaicaM. G. Smith, Roy Augier and Rex Nettleford 1960 Cover of Rasta and Resistance: From Marcus Garvey to Walter Rodney Rasta and ResistanceHorace Campbell 1985 Cover of Rastafari: From Outcasts to Culture Bearers RastafariEnnis Barrington Edmonds 2003 Cover of Rastafari: Roots and Ideology RastafariBarry Chevannes 1994 Cover of The Rastafarians The RastafariansLeonard E. Barrett 1977 Cover of Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People RavenTim Reiterman and John Jacobs 1982 Cover of The Refiner's Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644–1844 The Refiner's FireJohn L. Brooke 1994 The Religion of Divine WisdomHenry van Straelen The Religion of Divine WisdomHenry van Straelen 1957 Cover of Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan: The Case of Aum Shinrikyō Religious Violence in Contemporary JapanIan Reader 2000 Cover of Resurrection and Renewal: The Making of the Babi Movement in Iran, 1844–1850 Resurrection and RenewalAbbas Amanat 1989 Cover of The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláhAdib Taherzadeh 1974 Cover of The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple The Road to JonestownJeff Guinn 2017 Cover of The Road to Total Freedom: A Sociological Analysis of Scientology The Road to Total FreedomRoy Wallis 1976 Cover of Rolling Away the Stone: Mary Baker Eddy's Challenge to Materialism Rolling Away the StoneStephen Gottschalk 2006 The Rush Hour of the GodsH. Neill McFarland The Rush Hour of the GodsH. Neill McFarland 1967 Cover of Salvation and Suicide: An Interpretation of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown Salvation and SuicideDavid Chidester 1988 Cover of Scientology ScientologyJames R. Lewis (ed.) James R. Lewis (ed.)2009 Cover of A Search for Identity: The Development of Seventh-day Adventist Beliefs A Search for IdentityGeorge R. Knight 2000 Cover of Seeking a Sanctuary: Seventh-day Adventism and the American Dream Seeking a SanctuaryMalcolm Bull and Keith Lockhart 1989 Cover of Selections from the Writings of the Báb Selections from the Writings of the BábThe Báb Habib Taherzadeh (trans.)1976 Cover of Soka Gakkai in America: Accommodation and Conversion Soka Gakkai in AmericaPhillip E. Hammond and David W. Machacek 1999 Cover of Soka Gakkai's Human Revolution: The Rise of a Mimetic Nation in Modern Japan Soka Gakkai's Human RevolutionLevi McLaughlin 2019 Cover of Solemn Covenant: The Mormon Polygamous Passage Solemn CovenantB. Carmon Hardy 1992 Cover of Steps to Christ Steps to ChristEllen G. White 1892 Cover of Studies in the Scriptures Studies in the ScripturesCharles Taze Russell 1886 Cover of Syncretism/Anti-Syncretism: The Politics of Religious Synthesis Syncretism/Anti-SyncretismCharles Stewart and Rosalind Shaw Charles Stewart and Rosalind Shaw (eds)1994 Tenrikyo, a Pilgrimage FaithRobert S. Ellwood Tenrikyo, a Pilgrimage FaithRobert S. Ellwood 1982 Cover of A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance A Theory of Cognitive DissonanceLeon Festinger 1957 Cover of Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism Thought Reform and the Psychology of TotalismRobert Jay Lifton 1961 Cover of A Time to Chant: The Soka Gakkai Buddhists in Britain A Time to ChantBryan Wilson and Karel Dobbelaere 1994 A Traveller's Narrative Written to Illustrate the Episode of the BabʻAbdu'l-Bahá A Traveller's Narrative Written to Illustrate the Episode of the BabʻAbdu'l-Bahá Edward Granville Browne (trans.)1891 Cover of Understanding Jonestown and Peoples Temple Understanding Jonestown and Peoples TempleRebecca Moore 2009 Cover of Understanding the Book of Mormon: A Reader's Guide Understanding the Book of MormonGrant Hardy 2010 Cover of The Unification Church The Unification ChurchMassimo Introvigne 2000 Cover of When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children, and the Law When Prayer FailsShawn Francis Peters 2008 Cover of When Prophecy Failed: Cognitive Dissonance in the Prophetic Traditions of the Old Testament When Prophecy FailedRobert P. Carroll 1979 Cover of When Prophecy Fails When Prophecy FailsLeon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken and Stanley Schachter 1956 Cover of When Prophecy Never Fails: Myth and Reality in a Flying-Saucer Group When Prophecy Never FailsDiana G. Tumminia 2005 Cover of The White Lie The White LieWalter T. Rea 1982 Cover of The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin The Writings of Nichiren DaishoninNichiren Gosho Translation Committee1999