New Religious Movements: A Practical Introduction

by Eileen Barker

1992 HMSO SOFTCOVER

Genres: Religion

246 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1990

About the author

Eileen Vartan Barker OBE FBA (born 21 April 1938, Edinburgh, UK) is a professor in sociology, an emeritus member of the London School of Economics (LSE), and a consultant to that institution's Centre for the Study of Human Rights. She is the chairperson and founder of the Information Network Focus on Religious Movements (INFORM) and has written studies about groups she defines as cults and new religious movements (NRMs).