Odd Gods Pertti Alasuutari " on Unter den Linden

" on Unter den Linden and Erich Honecker was still received in Bonn as the respected leader of the Soviet Union's most powerful ally

claimed to be the burial cloth of Jesus

Leslie Paris is an associate professor of history at the University of British Columbia

and political and cultural identity

the book rejects the myth that Buddy Holly's death in 1959 was "the day the music died

Odd Gods Pertti Alasuutari " on Unter den LindenLewis analyses the characteristics of truly dangerous groups compared to those of the merely unusual but innocuous, and he discusses what people find attractive about membership in minority religions, as well as community suspicions and media hype that lead to misunderstandings. The bulk of the book is devoted to a broad based survey of unusual religious groups. Included are minority religious sects stemming from Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu,