Bednarowski is especially good at elucidating the theological daring ofthese new American religions.... (She) demonstrates in a very few pages how...theology and group adherence made the individual count, a configurationsimultaneously American, un-American, and important." -- JonButler"The cultural confrontation with these new religions'is very real and usually very misinformed. Bednarowski has gone to great lengths todispel the ignorance." -- The Christian Century"A groundbreakingstudy." -- Syzygy: Journal of Alternative Religion andCultureOrganized as a series of theological conversations aboutultimate questions, this book offers a guide to the answers these six religionsoffer. Drawing heavily on sources from the movements themselves, it presents abalanced comparative account of the emerging theological systems of America's newreligions.