Another Gospel : Cults, Alternative Religions, and the New Age Movement

Preface 9(2) Introduction 11(220) 1 CULTS, SECTS, DENOMINATIONS, WORLD RELIGIONS: DEFINITION OF TERMS 15(16) 2 HISTORICAL HERESY: UNORTHODOX MOVEMENTS OF PAST CENTURIES 31(18) 3 MORMONISM: THE LEGACY OF JOSEPH SMITH 49(44) 4 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISM: ESCHATOLOGICAL CONFUSION 93(24) 5 JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES: A RELIGION OF PROTEST 117(32) 6 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE: A DENIAL OF THE MATERIAL WORLD 149(28) 7 NEW THOUGHT AND UNITY: HEALTH AND HAPPINESS 177(14) 8 THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD: REINTERPRETING ISRAEL AND THE LAW 191(26) 9 THE WAY INTERNATIONAL: DENYING THE DEITY OF CHRIST 217(14) 10 THE CHILDREN OF GOD: EVANGELISM AND SEX PERVERSION 231(14) 11 THE UNIFICATION CHURCH: PROCLAIMING A NEW MESSIAH 245(22) 12 HARE KRISHNAS: TRANSPLANTED HINDUISM 267(18) 13 BARA'I: A PEACE AND UNITY MOVEMENT OUT OF ISLAM 285(14) 14 SCIENTOLOGY: MIND-ALTERING PSEUDO-PSYCHOLOGY 299(20) 15 THE NEW AGE MOVEMENT: THE OCCULT MADE RESPECTABLE 319(38) Appendix A: Lesser-Known Cultic Movements 357(32) Appendix B: Cultic Statements of Belief 389(10) Appendix C: Major Tenets of Orthodox Christianity 399(8) Notes 407(26) Bibliography 433(24) Index 457