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Title: Another Gospel: Cults, Alternative Religions, and the New Age Movement By: Ruth A. Tucker Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 Vendor: Zondervan Publication Date: 2004 | Dimensions: 9.18 X 6.12 (inches) Weight: 1 pound 6 ounces ISBN: 0310259371 ISBN-13: 9780310259374 UPC: 025986259372 Stock No: WW259370 |
A comprehensive survey of major alternative religions in the United States, including new groups since the 1960s.
Crystals, shamans, guided imagery, healing meditationwhy have these New Age practices been so eagerly accepted by so many North Americans? Why were Mormonism, Christian Science, and Bahai so warmly welcomed before them?
Another Gospel explains how these and other alternative religious movements appear to meet people's spiritual needs. As a professor in church history, women's studies, and alternative religions, Ruth Tucker deftly illuminates the personalities whose alleged revelations spawned historical heresies in all the major cults in the United States. Another Gospel:
Appendices describe lesser-known cults, such as Swedenborgianism and Rosicrucianism, and provide cults' statements of belief for the benefit of those seeking to understand the various fringe beliefs they may encounter.
Ruth A. Tucker (PhD, Northern Illinois University) has taught mission studies and church history at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Calvin Theological Seminary. She is the author of dozens of articles and eighteen books, including the award-winning From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya. Visit her website at www.RuthTucker.com.
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