New Age, Neopagan, and New Religious Movements: Alternative Spirituality in Contemporary America

by Hugh B. Urban

Book Overview

New Age, Neopagan, and New Religious Movements is the most extensive study to date of modern American alternative spiritual currents. Hugh B. Urban covers a range of emerging religions from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, including the Nation of Islam, Mormonism, Scientology, ISKCON, Wicca, the Church of Satan, Peoples Temple, and the Branch Davidians. This essential text engages students by addressing major theoretical and methodological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520281187
• ISBN13: 9780520281189
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.9"