Encyclopedic Handbook of Cults in America
- ISBN-10
- 0815311400
- ISBN-13
- 9780815311409
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 407
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Author
- J. Gordon Melton
Description
Covers the history, founders, beliefs, and literature of over five hundred nonconventional and alternative religious movements
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