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PART ONE: MAJOR ISSUES OF ALTERNATIVE RELGIONS 1 WHO, WHAT AND WHY: The purpose of this book 2 Is IT A CULT, OR A REAL RELIGION? The problem of definition 3 SECTS APPEAL: Conversion, recruitment, mind control or brainwashing? 4 WOULD YOU LET YOUR DAUGHTER MARRY ONE? Problems for families of members 5 So HARD TO SAY 'GOODBYE': Problems of leaving a movement 6 AFTER THE PROPHET DIES: How movements change 7 IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: Apocalyptic beliefs 8 CULTS THAT KILL: How, why, and can it happen again? 9 WATCHING THE WATCHERS: The variety of cult experts 10 HISTORICAL DIVERSITY: A brief summary of world religions PART TWO: ALTERNATIVE RELIGIONS AND OTHER GROUPS 11 COMPLEXITY OF CHRISTIANITY 12 CHRISTIAN ORIGINS Unitarians The New Church and Swedenborgianism Mormons Exclusive Brethren New Apostolic Church Seventh-day Adventists Christadelphians Christian Science Jehovah's Witnesses Liberal Catholic Church and Wandering Bishops Christian Community and Anthroposophy Opus Dei Unification Church The Late Twentieth-century Evangelical Resurgence The Family Jesus Army Universal Church of the Kingdom of God International Church of Christ Ellel Ministries Toronto Blessing and Vineyard Alpha Course 13 OTHER 'RELIGIONS OF THE BOOK' ORIGINS Baha'i Faith Nation of Islam Holy Tabernade Ministries Messiah/H'al Mahshiyach Rastafarian Movement 14 EASTERN MOVEMENTS IN THE WEST Brahma Kumaris School of Economic Science Transcendental Meditation ISKCON Osho International Sahaja Yoga Adidam Impersonal Enlightenment Fellowship Soka Gakkai Friends of the Western Buddhist Order New Kadampa Tradition Eckankar Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness Elan Vital 15 ESOTERIC AND NEO-PAGAN MOVEMENTS Satanic Ritual Abuse Satanism Theosophy Benjamin Creme and Maitreya Gurdjieff Subud Rosicrucians Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn Schools of Occult Science Chaos Magic The I AM Movement Church Universal and Triumphant The Emissaries 'Flying Saucer Cults' Aetherius Society Raelian Movement Shamanism Wicca Church of All Worlds Druidry Fellowship of Isis The Northern Tradition Pagan Federations 16 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT MOVEMENTS Landmark Education/Landmark Forum Neuro-Linguistic Programming Insight The Emin Scientology 17 CASE STUDY :SHISM IN A SECT: The Worldwide Church of God and its Offshoots sisEUl. ADDRESSES BIBLIOGRAPHY ALPHABET1CAL LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS