Cults, New Religious Movements, and Your Family: A Guide to Ten Non-Christian Groups Out to Convert Your Loved Ones

By Richard Abanes

To help guard yourself and your loved ones against unbiblical spiritual systems, Cults, New Religious Movements, and Your Family offers a concise overview of ten religious groups that a young person... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0891079815
• ISBN13: 9780891079811
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Crossway Books
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A thoughtful, balanced assessment

Beware of highly negative reviews! Abanes has produced a careful, thorough critique of some of the most significant groups of our day. Of particular value are the chapters on Scientology, the Nation of Islam, and The Family (Children of God), which few evangelical researchers have been able (or willing) to tackle in this kind of work. Balanced and biblically sound, this book is strongly recommended to all readers.

Education Reading

This book gives a good overview of destructive religious movements. It is definitely NOT a Hank Hanegraff clone (I don't remember any strange memonic schemes). Be careful of hostile reviews of this and all counter-cult books - plenty of cult members flood on-line reviews in order to trash them. Cults pose a tremendous danger to our families, political structures, and media. Learn as much about them as you can.

Good introduction and overview from a Christian perspective

This book provides a good and clear introduction of religous movements and how they can affect our loved ones. I enjoyed the format. For every group, there was a story of a real person's experience with the group, the history of the group, what the Bible has to say, and why the group is attractive. The author frequently uses a group's own words to show what they believe. Also, the book is well cited and lists recommended readings about each group.