With the demise of the civil suits, the cult controversies seem to be settling down to a war of words and an attack upon members and leaders of religious groups who actually overstep the boundaries of the law.
Encyclopedic Handbook of Cults in America
Since the early 1970s, alternative religious movements known as cults have been the focus of ever-increasing controversy in America. Cults in America: A Reference Handbook compares present-day cults to events...
Covers the history, founders, beliefs, and literature of over five hundred nonconventional and alternative religious movements
America--the land of the free--has from its earliest days spawned and nurtured a wide range of new or alternative religious. Often veering from traditional roots or seeking to find their...
In 1990 he was removed from office by the order's board of directors and charged with embezzling $3.5 million. ... Rosicrucian Manual. ... Rosicrucian Questions and Answers, with a Complete History of the Rosicrucian Order.
The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Supplement
Religion and the Social Order
The Encyclopedia of American Religions, Third Edition: Supplement
Against Smith's contention that the triune God is “a strange God,” the church teaches that the Trinity is indeed a ... The widely quoted epigram articulated by Lorenzo Snow, the fifth president of the church, captures this curious and ...