Description

(From back cover.) "In an era of rapid cult growth worldwide, Christians today more than ever need the trustworthy information contained in The Kingdom of the Cults. This comprehensive new edition equips readers from both academic and lay perspectives to understand and use biblical truth to counter efforts of aberrant religious groups often viewed as mainstream Christians.

"Included is all the authoritative data of previous editions as well as an analysis of the latest ideological and organizational developments of cults old and new. Updated statistics and references detail the current worldwide reach of various cults.

"Readable and reliable for a wide cross-section of Christians—from teachers and pastors to lay believers trying to understand and witness to their neighbors—this new edition of The Kingdom of the Cults is certain to maintain its leadership among cult reference books during the next decades."

Major Cults and Religions Covered:

• Baha'i Faith
• Buddhism
• Christian Science
• Eastern Religions
• Islam
• Jehovah's Witnesses
• Mormonism
• The New Age Cult
• The Theosophical Society
• The Unification Church
• Unitarian Universalism
• And more

Table of Contents

1. The Kingdom of the Cults
2. Scaling the Language Barrier
3. The Psychological Structure of Cultism
4. Jehovah's Witnesses and the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
5. Christian Science
6. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons)
7. Spiritualism—The Cult of Antiquity
8. The Theosophical Society (Gnosticism)
9. Buddhism—Classical, Zen, and Nichiren Shoshu
10. The Baha'i Faith
11. Unitarian Universalism
12. Scientology
13. The Unification Church
14. Eastern Religions
15. The New Age Cult
16. Islam—The Message of Muhammad
17. The Cults on the World Mission Field
18. The Jesus of the Cults
19. Cult Evangelism—Mission Field on Your Doorstep
20. The Road to Recovery

Appendix Section

• Appendix A: The Worldwide Church of God—From Cult to Christianity
• Appendix B: The Puzzle of Seventh-day Adventism
• Appendix C: Swedenborgianism
• Appendix D: Rosicrucianism

Bibliography

• Scripture Index
• Subject Index