Recent decades have seen an apparent increase in the number and vitality of new religious movements throughout the world. They have also been marked by evident

Religious power assumes many strikingly different forms, which are often regarded as unique, unrelated, and even mutually exclusive. Religion in Context, howeve

New religious movements—or so-called “cults”—continue to attract and mystify us. While mainstream America views cults as an insidious mix of apocalyptic