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In this highly original study, Susan Palmer explores the healing practices, metaphors, and apocalyptic fantasies of various religious, racial, and sexual minority groups as they respond to the AIDS threat.

This book explores the life stories of ten Uyghur women, all prominent political activists in the international Uyghur advocacy movement. Born and raised in East Turkestan/Xinjiang in the 1970s-90s, each woman departed from China before 2005 and chose to settle in Western countries. Today, they work tirelessly to defend the rights of Uyghurs and Turkic peoples in China, to raise public awareness of the PRC's campaign of colonization and popula...

This study of new religious movements in Quebec focuses on nine groups-including the notoriously violent Solar Temple, the iconoclastic Temple of Priapus, and the various "Catholic" schisms, such as those led by a mystical pope, the Holy Spirit incarnate, or the reappearance of the Virgin Mary. Eleven contributing authors offer rich ethnographies and sociological insights on new spiritual groups that highlight the quintessential features of Qu...

This study of new religious movements in Quebec focuses on nine groups-including the notoriously violent Solar Temple, the iconoclastic Temple of Priapus, and the various "Catholic" schisms, such as those led by a mystical pope, the Holy Spirit incarnate, or the reappearance of the Virgin Mary. Eleven contributing authors offer rich ethnographies and sociological insights on new spiritual groups that highlight the quintessential features of Qu...

A study of children raised in alternative religious groups such as The Family, Hare Krishna, Wiccans and Pagans, Messianic Communities, and the Rajneesh (Osho) Movement. The essays explore issues including whether child abuse is more likely to occur in unconventional religions.

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