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Mystics & Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History Hardcover - 2000
by Philip Jenkins
In this full-length account of cults and anti-cult scares in American history, Jenkins gives accurate historical perspective and shows how many of today's mainstream religions were originally regarded as cults.
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In the 1920s, like today, the American media relished a scandal that mixed religion with sexual depravity and crime, and the newspapers found rich pickings in the story of Benjamin Purnell, the head of an odd messianic sect.
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- Title Mystics & Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History
- Author Philip Jenkins
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, UK
- Date 2000-04-06
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover
- ISBN 9780195127447 / 0195127447
- Weight 1.36 lbs (0.62 kg)
- Dimensions 9.32 x 6.32 x 0.95 in (23.67 x 16.05 x 2.41 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Religious Orientation: New Age
- Theometrics: Academic
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Religion - 20th century, Cults - United States - History - 20th
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99028732
- Dewey Decimal Code 200.973
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Citations
- Booklist, 03/15/2000, Page 1295
- Choice, 10/01/2000, Page 347
- Foreword, 03/01/2000, Page 47
- Kirkus Reviews, 01/15/2000, Page 101
- Library Journal, 03/01/2000, Page 96
- Publishers Weekly, 12/13/1999, Page 78
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