A handy guide to the world's most popular new religions

In this reader-friendly guide, Nigel Scotland explains nearly fifty key movements in modern religion, including Mormonism, New Age, Wicca, Scientology, and UFO religions. Marked by a respectful tone throughout, these brief but thorough overviews are often derived from the religious group accuracy. Each chapter is divided into easy-to-understand sections focusing on origins of the group, core beliefs, recent developments, and present-day practice.

A remarkable and accessible work, Scotland's guide makes a complicated subject accessible for anyone wanting to understand the basics of some of the newest and least understood world religions.