New Religious Movements in Five Minutes

New Religious Movements in Five Minutes answers all the questions usually asked about the many newer religions that have emerged in different socio-cultural and religious contexts around the world in the last two centuries. One of the main aims of this volume is to provide insight into all the conceptual issues, including questions of definition and scope of the term “new religious movements,” but also to give concrete examples of movements and the typical topics that arise when they are mentioned.