When prophets die : the postcharismatic fate of new religious movements / edited by Timothy Miller ; with an introduction by J. Gordon Melton.

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Miller, Timothy, 1944- [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: SUNY series in religious studiesPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, �1991.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 241 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0585067554
9780585067551
9780791407172
0791407179
9780791407189
0791407187

Other title:

Postcharismatic fate of new religious movements

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: When prophets die.DDC classification:

291 20

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BP603 .W43 1991eb

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Summary: Annotation Scholars examine what happens to new religions when the founder dies, in case studies of 11 American movements from the Shakers and post- Ghost-Dance Native American religions to Krishna Consciousness and Rastafari, including a chapter on the Unification Church, whose founder still lives. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

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Annotation Scholars examine what happens to new religions when the founder dies, in case studies of 11 American movements from the Shakers and post- Ghost-Dance Native American religions to Krishna Consciousness and Rastafari, including a chapter on the Unification Church, whose founder still lives. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

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