Alexander Dvorkin Cult Studies Totalitarian Sects New Religious Movements Russia

by Alexander Dvorkin

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📘 Sect Studies: Totalitarian Cults A Systematic Study — 3rd Revised & Expanded Edition Sect Studies: Totalitarian Cults by Alexander Dvorkin is an extensive Russian-language work devoted to religious movements and organizations that the author classifies as “totalitarian sects” or “destructive cults.” This is the third, revised and significantly expanded edition of Dvorkin's major work on the subject. At 816 pages, it represents a substantial expansion over the earlier editions. The book examines numerous religious, spiritual, esoteric, and New Age movements, discussing their origins, doctrines, organizational structures, recruitment methods, leadership, internal practices, and relationships with wider society. Dvorkin approaches the subject from an explicitly Russian Orthodox and anti-cult perspective, combining historical and theological discussion with social, psychological, legal, and organizational analysis. The terminology and classification employed in the book reflect the author's particular approach to the study of new religious movements and should be understood within that context. The work became influential in Russian Orthodox anti-cult literature and is particularly interesting as a source for studying the development of the post-Soviet anti-cult movement, religious controversies, and debates surrounding new religious movements in Russia during the 1990s and early 2000s. This large third edition (2002) may be of interest to researchers and collectors studying r

• Publisher: Brotherhood in the Name of St. Prince Alexander Nevsky
• Year: 2002
• ISBN: 5882130506
• Condition: Fair

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