Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America

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  Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America: Metaphysical, New Age, and neopagan movements

  By W. Michael Ashcraft, Eugene V. Gallagher

  Similarly, the Church of Satan and its subsequent offshoots owe their inspiration to Anton Szandor LaVey, who produced The Satanic Bible and other fundamental texts in San Francisco, California, in the 1960s.

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  Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America

  By Eugene V. Gallagher, William M. Ashcraft

  David G. Bromley ( Newbury Park , CA : Sage Publications , 1988 ) , 166-84 . 30. ... 2003 ) ; Anson Shupe and David G. Bromley , The New Vigilantes ( Beverly Hills : Sage Publications , 1980 ) . of Toronto Press , 2001 .

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  Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America: History and controversies

  By W. Michael Ashcraft, Eugene V. Gallagher

  This volume helps readers better understand what makes a new or alternative belief system a religion and the issues involved.

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  Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America: African diaspora traditions and other American innovations

  By W. Michael Ashcraft, Eugene V. Gallagher

  Annotation. Most new or alternative religious are gravely misunderstood by members of the religious mainstream. Labeled cults or sects, groups and their members are often ridiculed or otherwise disregarded as...

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  Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America: Jewish and Christian traditions

  By W. Michael Ashcraft, Eugene V. Gallagher

  Annotation. Most new or alternative religious are gravely misunderstood by members of the religious mainstream. Labeled cults or sects, groups and their members are often ridiculed or otherwise disregarded as...

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  Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America: Asian traditions

  By W. Michael Ashcraft, Eugene V. Gallagher

  This volume helps readers better understand what makes a new or alternative belief system a religion and the issues involved.