Cults, New Religions and Religious Creativity - Tapa dura

Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 245 pages; Physical description: vii, 245p. : ill. ; 23cm. Summary: To explain the growth in religious activity in the twentieth century, Nelson shows that new religious movements are creative attempts to break through the limitations placed on the expression of spirituality by established cultural institutions. Subjects: Cults -- Religions -- Religion and sociology -- Religious cults -- Psychosocial aspects.