When prophets die : the postcharismatic fate of new religious movements /
Postcharismatic fate of new religious movements
edited by Timothy Miller ; with an introduction by J. Gordon Melton.
- Albany : State University of New York Press, �1991.
- 1 online resource (ix, 241 pages).
- SUNY series in religious studies .
- SUNY series in religious studies. .
Includes bibliographical references.
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.