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Serious and important --Library Journal<br>

Jenkins...possesses the virtue of being able to perceive new and unusual religious sects on their own terms, not through the frequently distorted mirror in which they have been viewed in popular writings for at least a century. --Washington Post Book World A valuable tool....A fine resource and starting point for further exploration of a fascinating element of national life. --ForeWord A superb historical primer....Loaded with intriguing sketches of dozens of cults and distinguished by Jenkins' healthily nonjudgmental attitude. --Booklist Offers sweeping cultural breadth and fresh insights into the role of new religions. --Publishers Weekly A scholarly and balanced book on this controversial and explosive topic....Mystics and Messiahs is a much needed...contribution to a topic that has for too long been the subject of public hysteria and distortion. Highly Recommended. --Multicultural Review

Where the multiplication of sects was characteristic of just one phase of English history, the mid seventeenth century, such multiplication has been a constant feature of American history. This book is an engaging examination of that divesity. Ecclesiastical History, vol. 52/4 Jenkins is to be commended for his thoroughness and his evenhandedness in describing and comparing heterodox religious movements. Todd Breyfogle, Reviews in Religion and Theology, Vol 8, Issue 3, June 2001 With unusual insight and religious sensitivity, Jenkins explores the origins, development, and lines of continuity over time to various non-mainstream religious beliefs and practices in America ... Jenkins' account is learned and engaging to read; a helpful index makes it easy to find a discussion of whatever sect or movement - however conventional or quirky - the reader happens to fancy. The scope of the narrative is remarkable ... He effortlessly weaves together comparable stories from America's checkered religious past. Todd Breyfogle, Reviews in Religion and Theology, Vol 8, Issue 3, June 2001 a book that is not only highly readable but also sheds important light on the development of alternative religions in the Western world. Church of England Newspaper, 8th Sept, 2000. Perhaps this book will do some good by encouraging us to be more selective and discriminating in our response to them [cults]. Church of England Newspaper, 8th Sept. 2000. Always stimulating Patrick Allitt, TLS

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Philip Jenkins, one of the world's leading religion scholars joined Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion as Distinguished Professor of History and Co-Director for the Program on Historical Studies of Religion.

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