George D. Chryssides

Dr George D. Chryssides (born 1945) was a senior lecturer and Head of Religious Studies at the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences of the University of Wolverhampton now working for Birmingham University.

Chryssides holds a M.A. in Philosophy and a B.D. in Systematic Theology from the University of Glasgow and a D.Phil. in Philosophy of Religion from the University of Oxford. He has a particular interest in new religious movements, on which he has published extensively.^[1]

Works

Books

• The A to Z of Jehovah's Witnesses. Scarecrow Press, 2009 (pbk), ISBN 0-8108-6891-1
• Unitarian Perspectives on Contemporary Social Issues. London: Lindsey Press, 2003.
• Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements. Lanham, Maryland, and London: Scarecrow Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8108-4095-2
• Exploring New Religions. London: Cassell, 1999. ISBN 0-304-33651-3 (hbk), ISBN 0-304-33652-1 (pbk).
• The Elements of Unitarianism. Element Books Ltd, 1998. ISBN 1-86204-247-0
• The Advent of Sun Myung Moon: The Origins, Beliefs and Practices of the Unification Church. UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 1991. ISBN 9780333496985

Articles

• "Is God a Space Alien? The Cosmology of the Raëllian Church", Culture and Cosmos, vol. 4, no 1, pp. 36–53.
• "The New Age: A Survey and Critique", Global Dialogue, vol. 2, no 1, Winter 2000, pp. 109–119. ISSN 1450-0590.

References

1. ^ "Author profile". Equinox. http://www.equinoxpub.com/books/browse.asp?auth=247. 

External links

• New Religious Movements - Some Problems of Definition, Internet Journal of Religion 1997, Available online