New religious movements and rapid social change / 
edited by James A. Beckford on behalf of Research Committee 22 of the International Sociological Association. 
 - London ;  Beverly Hills, Calif. :  Paris, France :  Sage Publications ;  Unesco,  1986. 
 - xv, 247 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Religious movements and counter-movements in North America / Robert Wuthnow -- New religious movements in Western Europe / James A. Beckford and Martine Levasseur -- The development of millennialistic thought in Japan's new religions / Susumu Shimazono -- Social change and movements of revitalization in contemporary Islam / Saïd Amir Arjomand -- A contemporary study of two new religious movements in the Republic of Korea / Syn-duk Choi -- New religious movements in the Caribbean / Laënnec Hurbon -- The social impact of Nigeria's new religious movements / Friday M. Mbon -- The cult of Hūniyan / Gananath Obeyesekere -- New Hindo religious movements in India / Arvind Sharma. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0803980035 (jacket) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>86060924  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religions.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL87  / .N47 1986 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>291.9