New Religions and the Theological Imagination in America

<p>Bednarowski is especially good at elucidating the theological daring of these new American religions. . . . [She] demonstrates in a very few pages how . . . theology and group adherence made the individual count a configuration simultaneously American un-American and important. --Jon Butler<br /><br />The cultural confrontation with these new religions' is very real and usually very misinformed. Bednarowski has gone to great lengths to dispel the ignorance. --The Christian Century<br /><br />A groundbreaking study. --Syzygy: Journal of Alternative Religion and Culture<br /><br />Organized as a series of theological conversations about ultimate questions this book offers a guide to the answers these six religions offer. Drawing heavily on sources from the movements themselves it presents a balanced comparative account of the emerging theological systems of America's new religions.</p>