Surpassing the scope and the thoroughness of the first edition, this new edition of The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions is the most wide-ranging

"Brief synopses of more than 30 influential groups, including the Integral Yoga Institute, Tibetan Buddhism, and the Human Potential movement, are also covered.

"This updated dictionary explores a variety of religious beliefs"--Provided by publisher.

A comprehensive and authoritative guide to over 200 new religions, sects and alternative spiritualities

This work deals explicitly with the issue of how emerging religions legitimate themselves. It contends that a new religion has at least four different, though o