ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF NEW RELIGIONS HB

This book gives readers a comprehensive map of the significant religious and spiritual groups functioning in today’s world, especially in the West. It is written by specialists but with the non-specialist in mind. The 200 new religions and alternative spiritualities included here are the most significant ones to have emerged in the last 100 years. They are categorised according to their religion of origin - those with roots in Judaism (e.g. Havurot Movement, Messianic Judaism), Christianity (e.g. Christian Science, Rastafarianism), Islam (e.g. Bah’ai), Hinduism (e.g. Sahaja Yoga), Buddism (e.g. Santi Asoke), Sikhism, Japanese religion (e.g. Omoto, Reiki), Chinese religion and philosophy (e.g. Feng Shui), Zoroastrianism, primal or pagan religion (e.g. Shamanism) and western culture (e.g. Scientology, Psychedelic spirituality).