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    <title>Cults and the occult</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Gruss, Edmond C.</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>P &amp; R Pub.</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1994</dateIssued>
    <edition>3rd ed., rev. and expanded.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>222 pages ; 22 cm</extent>
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  <abstract>The cults and the occult: what are they saying? Why do they attract so many people? How should you respond? Edmond C. Gruss answers those questions and more in this helpful introduction to and expose of the leading cults, the occult, and related movements. Gruss offers a wealth of pertinent scripture to refute false doctrines and points the reader to the best resources for futher study of each subject. Revised and greatly expanded, this new edition is an excellent guide for individuals or group discussion. - Back cover.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>An introduction to cults -- Jehovah's Witnesses -- The Latter-day Saints (Mormons) -- Christian Science -- Unity School of Christianity (Unity) -- Herbert W. Armstrong and the Worldwide Church of God -- Spiritualism (Spiritism) -- Seventh-day Adventism -- Occult obsession and the "new" cults -- Astrology -- Baha'i -- Rosicrucianism -- The occult and the Ouija board -- Edgar Cayce and the A.R.E.-- Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church -- The New Age movement -- The Christian in an age of confusion.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Edmond C. Gruss.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references.</note>
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    <topic>Christian sects</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">BR157 .G74 1994</classification>
  <classification authority="ddc" edition="20">291</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">087552298X</identifier>
  <identifier type="isbn">9780875522982</identifier>
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