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_bC55
_b2006
100 1 _aClarke, Peter B.
_q(Peter Bernard)
245 1 0 _aNew religions in global perspective :
_ba study of religious change in the modern world /
_cPeter B. Clarke.
260 _aLondon ;
_aNew York :
_bRoutledge,
_c2006.
300 _axx, 385 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _gPart I : Global perspective, new age, and society's response --
_tNew religious movements
_r(NRMs) : a global perspective --
_tThe new age movement
_r(NAM) : alternative or mainstream? --
_tAccounting for hostility to NRMs --
_gPart II : New religions in the west --
_tEurope --
_tNorth America --
_tAustralia, New Zealand and Melanesia
_r(New Guinea) --
_gPart III : New religions : North Africa and the Middle East, and Africa, south of the Sahara --
_tNorth Africa and the Middle East --
_tAfrica, south of the Sahara --
_gPart IV : NRMs in South and Central America and the Carribean --
_tSouth and Central America and the Caribbean --
_gPart V : New religions of South, Southeast and East Asia --
_tSouth Asia
_r(India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) --
_tSoutheast Asia
_r(Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia) --
_tEast Asia
_r(1) : Japanese NRMs --
_tEast Asia
_r(2) : NRMs in China, Taiwan and Korea --
_gPart V : Conclusions --
_tFuture trends.
650 4 _aReligions
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 4 _aReligions
_xHistory
_y21st century.
951 _p33558
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