Synopses & Reviews
The authoritative reference work on major cult systems for nearly forty years. Working closely together, Ravi Zacharias and Managing Editors Jill and Kevin Rische (daughter of Dr. Martin) have updated and augmented the work with new material. This book will continue as a crucial tool in countercult ministry and in evangelism for years to come. Among cults and religions included are: Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, New Age Cults, the Unification Church, Baha'i Faith, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and more.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. [649]-680) and indexes.
Table of Contents
The kingdom of the cults -- Scaling the language barrier -- The psychological structure of cultism -- Jehovah's Witnesses and the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society -- Christian science -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) -- Spiritism, the cult of antiquity -- The Theosophical Society (Gnosticism) -- Buddhism, Classical, Zen, and Nichiren Shoshu -- The Baha'i Faith -- Unitarian Universalism -- Scientology -- The Unification Church -- Eastern religions -- New Age cult -- Islam, the message of Muhammad -- The cults on the world mission field -- The Jesus of the cults -- Cult evangelism, mission field on your doorstep -- The road to recovery -- Appendix A: The worldwide Church of God: from cult to Christianity -- Appendix B: The puzzle of Seventh-day Adventism -- Appendix C: Swedenborgianism -- Appendix D: Rosicrucianism.