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The following classic books on new religions may be read online:  
 
Author Title  
 
Eugène Goblet d'Alviella The contemporary evolution of religious thought in England, American and India
 
 
     
 
George Hamilton Combs Some latter-day religions  
 
     
 
Solomon Schindler Messianic expectations and modern Judaism  
 
     
 
J. N. Farquhar Modern Religious Movements in India  
 
     
 
Thomas Cuming Hall The Social Meaning of Modern Religious Movements in England  
 
     
 
Charles Herbert Cottrell Religious Movements of Germany in the Nineteenth Century  
 
     
 
H.H. Wilson The Religious Sects of the Hindus  
 
         
 
J.L. Neve Churches and sects of Christendom  
 
         
 
Joseph Smith The Book of Mormon
 
  Doctrine and Covenants
 
     
 
George Quayle Cannon Life of Joseph Smith
 
     
 
Lucy Mack Smith A History of Joseph Smith
 
         
 
Woodbridge Riley The Founder of Mormonism  
 
         
 
Constance Cumby The Hidden Dangers of the Rainbow - this is a good example of an anti-cult work  
           

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