| Contents |
Part I : Global perspective, new age, and society's response -- New religious movements (NRMs) : a global perspective -- The new age movement (NAM) : alternative or mainstream? -- Accounting for hostility to NRMs -- Part II : New religions in the west -- Europe -- North America -- Australia, New Zealand and Melanesia (New Guinea) -- Part III : New religions : North Africa and the Middle East, and Africa, south of the Sahara -- North Africa and the Middle East -- Africa, south of the Sahara -- Part IV : NRMs in South and Central America and the Carribean -- South and Central America and the Caribbean -- Part V : New religions of South, Southeast and East Asia -- South Asia (India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) -- Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia) -- East Asia (1) : Japanese NRMs -- East Asia (2) : NRMs in China, Taiwan and Korea -- Part V : Conclusions -- Future trends. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2005016354 |
| ISBN | 0415257476 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780415257473 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0415257484 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780415257480 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0203508335 (e-book) |
| ISBN | 9780203508336 (e-book) |
