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.


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Cults.
Cults--United States.
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Sects--United States.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Cults.
Religion.
Sects.
Islam.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.


United States--Religion.
United States.


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