New religions in global perspective : a study of religious change in the modern world /
Peter B. Clarke.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
- xx, 385 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
N ew religious movements The new a ge movement Accounting for hostility to NRMs -- Europ e -- North America -- Australia, New Zealand and Melanesia North Africa and the Middle East -- Africa, south of the Sahara -- South and Central America an d the Caribbean -- South Asia South east Asia East Asia East Asia Future trends. (NRMs) : a global perspective -- (NAM) : alternative or mainstream? -- (Ne w Guinea) -- (India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) -- (Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia) -- (1) : Japanese NRMs -- (2) : NRMs in China, Taiwan and Korea -- Part I : Global perspective, new age, and society's response -- Part II : New religions in the west -- Part III : New religions : North Africa and the Middle East, and Africa, south of the Sahara -- Part IV : NRMs in South a nd Central America and the Carribean -- Part V : New religions of South, Southeast and Ea st Asia -- Part V : Conclusions --