This volume provides a complete guide to the global impact and cultural significance of new religious movements.

Since the 1960s virtually every part of the world has seen the arrival and establishment of Japanese new religious movements, a process that has followed quickl

Offers a new framework for understanding how religion and nationalism interact across diverse countries and religious traditions.

New Religious Movements in the 21st Century is the first volume to examine the urgent and important issues facing new religions in their political, legal and re

The study of the ideas and practices associated with occultism is a rapidly growing branch of contemporary scholarship. However, most research has focused on En