"A Consortium book." Includes bibliographical references and index.

"A Consortium book."

Volume 1.The liturgical family (Western). The Western Roman tradition. Roman Catholic Church. Old Catholic movement ; The Anglican tradition -- The Liturgical family (Eastern). The Eastern Orthodox tradition. The Russian churches ; The Greek churches ; The Albanian churches ; The Bulgarian churches ; The Romanian churches ; The Serbian churches ; The Syrian (Antiochean) churches ; The Ukrainian churches ; The Byelorussian churches ; Other Eastern churches ; Non-Chalcedonian Orthodox tradition. The Nestorians/The Church of the East. The Monophysites ; The Copts -- The Lutheran family. Apostolic Lutheran -- The Reformed-Presbyterian family. Reformed churches ; Presbyterian churches ; Congregational bodies -- The liberal family. The Pietist-Methodist family. The Moravians ; Scandinavian Pietists ; Methodism. Episcopal Methodism ; Non-Episcopal methodism. Congregational Methodists ; Methodists protestants ; Miscellaneous Schismatic churches ; Black Methodism ; German Methodists ; Churches in the British Methodist tradition -- The Holiness family. Nineteenth-century Holiness churches and related churches ; Black Holiness churches ; Twentieth century Holiness churches (white) ; The Glenn Griffith movement. Bible Methodism -- The Pentecostal family. The forerunners ; The Holiness-Pentecostal churches ; The "Two-Experience" churches ; Deliverance (healing) movement ; The Apostolic, Oneness, or "Jesus Only" movement ; Black Pentecostal churches ; Snake handlers ; Latin American Pentecostals ; Miscellaneous Pentecostal bodies -- The European Free-church family. The Mennonites and the Amish. Swiss and Dutch Mennonites ; The Amish ; The Russian Mennonites ; The Brethren ; The Quakers ; Free Church Brethren -- The Baptist family. Missionary Baptists-Calvinist. Conservative Baptist movement ; Ethnic Calvinist Baptists -- Calvinistic Anti-Mission Baptists. Primitive Baptists ; Independent Primitive Baptist associations ; Black Baptists ; General Baptists ; Seventh-day Baptists ; Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and related churches ; Christadelphians -- The Independent Fundamentalist family. Plymouth Brethren ; Fundamentalism ; The Grace Gospel Movement ; Miscellaneous Bible student bodies ; Alternative Bible student perspectives -- The Adventist family. Churches which began with William Miller Sunday-keeping churches ; Churches which began with William Miller Sabbath-keeping churches ; The Church of God movement ; The Sacred Name movement ; Charles Taze Russell's Bible students ; The Southcottites ; Other adventist traditions -- Bibliographical notes -- References -- Index. Volume 2. The Latter Day Saints family. Utah Mormons ; Missouri Mormons ; Polygamy-practicing groups ; Variant revelations -- The Communal family. Communes formed before 1960 ; Communes formed after 1960 -- Metaphysical family. New thought groups ; Christian science -- The Psychic and New Age family. Swedenborg and the New Jerusalem ; Spiritualism ; Teaching spiritualism. The Universal link ; Cosmic awareness ; Theosophy ; The Alice Bailey movement ; Liberal Catholicism ; The I Am movement ; Miscellaneous theosophical groups. New Angelus -- The Psychic and New Age family (Part two). Rosicrucians ; Other occult orders ; Drug-oriented groups ; Flying saucer groups ; Unclassified New Age groups -- The Magick family. Ritual magick. Groups of the Ordo Templi Orientis ; Witchcraft. African witchcraft ; Traditionalist witchcraft ; Gardnerian witchcraft ; Miscellaneous Wicca groups ; Neo-paganism. European Pagans ; Egyptian Pagans ; Norse/Teutonic Pagans ; Non-traditional Pagans ; Satanism -- The Eastern and Middle Eastern family (Jews and Muslims). Jewish faith. Mainstream Judaism ; Hasidism ; Havurat communities ; Miscellaneous Jewish groups ; Black Jews -- Islam and related groups. Black Muslims ; Sufism ; Gurdjieff ; Baha'ism -- The Eastern and Middle Eastern family (Hinduism, Sikhism, and Jainism). Hinduism ; Disciples of Sivananda ; Siddha Yoga ; Sikhism ; Jainism -- The Eastern and MIddle Eastern family (Buddhism, Shintoism, and Zoroastrianism). Theravada Buddhism ; Japanese Mahayana Buddhism. Nichiren groups ; Shin groups ; Other Japanese Buddhists ; Zen Buddhism. Soto Zen ; Rinzai Zen ; Groups influenced by Nakagawa ; Non-Japanese Zen traditions ; Chinese Buddhists ; Tibetan Buddhism ; Western Buddhists ; Shinto ; Zoroastrianism -- New unaffiliated religious bodies. Jesus people ; Gay religion ; Mail-order denominations ; Politically and socially oriented bodies ; Miscellaneous churches ; Hawaiian family churches -- Bibliographical notes -- References -- Index.