Discussions of any religion can easily raise passions. But arguments tend to become even more heated when the religion under discussion is characterized as new.

Organized in chronological order of the founding of each movement, this documentary reader brings to life new religious movements from the 18th century to the p

An original collection of primary documents conveying the wide array of ideas connected to new religious movements New Religious Movements is a highly unique vo

What is a cult? Why do they emerge? Who joins them? And why do tragedies such as Waco and Jonestown occur? This reader brings together the voices of historians,