Cults, sects, and mass therapies abound in every part of the United States. Adherents to these extremist groups come from every geographic section, socio-economic stratum, ethnic and age group. "It is not the Moonies or the Hare Krishmas that we should fear," writes Lowell D. Streiker, America's leading expert on cults. "The fastest growing and most dangerous religious movement in America today is ultrafundamentalism - an extremist form of evangelical religion that shuns reason, forbids needed medical treatment, abuses women and children, and eagerly awaits the end of the world. The cults of...
Cults, sects, and mass therapies abound in every part of the United States. Adherents to these extremist groups come from every geographic section, so...
Lowell Streiker, a longtime expert on free church movements and cults, examines a vital and growing free church movement--an impressive movement that is yet largely unknown. Founded in Norway more than 90 years ago, it is a church without membership rolls, clergy, central administration, tithing, or even a name. Outsiders call them Smith's Friends after their founder, Johan Oscar Smith. On a worldwide basis, some 30,000 people participate in more than 200 churches in 50 countries.
As a phenomenologist of religion, Streiker attempts to be descriptive, analytic, and constructively...
Lowell Streiker, a longtime expert on free church movements and cults, examines a vital and growing free church movement--an impressive movement th...
