Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Quebec's New Religions in Social and Historical Context
Susan J. Palmer
Chapter 2: New Religious Studies in Quebec since 1944: A Literature Review
Martin Geoffroy, Dominic Dagenais and Susan J. Palmer
Part II. Catholic Fundamentalisms and Schisms
Chapter 3: The Army of Mary: Quebec Nationalism and Catholic Heterodoxy
Paul L. Gareau
Chapter 4: The Pilgrims of Saint Michael: Preserving Quebec's Traditional "Int griste" Catholicism
Martin Geoffroy
Chapter 5: La Mission de l'Esprit Saint and Quebec's Holy Spirit Incarnate
Susan J. Palmer and Dell J. Rose
Part III. Radical Sexuality
Chapter 6: Dr. Henry Morgentaler, "Arch-Abortionist" and Humanist: An Unbeliever's Pro-Choice Campaign in Quebec and Canada
Steven Tomlins and J. Gordon Melton
Chapter 7: The Temple of Priapus: Contemporary Phallus Worshippers in Montreal
Donald L. Boisvert
Part IV. Controversial New Religions
Chapter 8: The Christian Essene Church: Freedom of Religion in the "Land of the Maple"
Marie- ve Melanson
Chapter 9: The Apostles of Infinite Love and the "Hidden Children of St Jovite"
Susan J. Palmer
Chapter 10: The Solar Temple in Quebec and the Saint-Casimir "Transit"
Shannon Clusel and Susan J. Palmer
Chapter 11: Roch Theriault and the Holy Moses Mountain Family ("Ant Hill Kids")
Andrew Ames