First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This book provides accurate information on about 30 "alternative" or "nonconventional" religious movements, plus the anti-cult movement. The author describes li

Covers the history, founders, beliefs, and literature of over five hundred nonconventional and alternative religious movements.

In the late 1980s, the New Age movement became the focus of both media attention and widespread ridicule as some of the more outlandish aspects of the movement,