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Feet of Clay: A Study of Gurus

Categorie	Algemeen Geschiedenis
Boeknummer	#350705-ZB7
Titel	Feet of Clay: A Study of Gurus
Auteur	Storr, Anthony
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London : HarperCollins
Jaar van uitgave	1996
ISBN10	0002555638
ISBN13	9780002555630
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original gilt lettered boards, dust jacket, some illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Scarcely a year goes by without reports of strange and generally dangerous cults which enthral their followers and lead them to cut themselves off from the world. Invariably led by gurus or "spiritual leaders", these cults often end in mass suicide or harm to innocent people. This book is an examination of those gurus and of their followers. It takes as examples some of those we consider modern gurus - James Jones, David Koresh, the Bhangwan Sunree Ranjeesh, Gurdjieff and others, some of them apparently mad and some more genuine, and establishes what each of them has in common. The book then examines what each of these people shares with other gurus whose teachings we accept or at least respect - Jung, Freud, Ignatius Loyola, and Jesus Christ. The comparison finds more startling ... (Lees verder)continuities than we might realize.
Pagina's	253
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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