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Phillip C. Lucas is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Stetson University and the founding editor of Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. The journal is the leading academic publication in the field of new religions. Lucas is the author of The Odyssey of a New Religion: The Holy Order of MANS from New Age to Orthodoxy (Indiana University Press, 1995); Prime Time Religion: An Encyclopedia of Religious Broadcasting (with J. Gordon Melton and Jon R. Stone, Oryx Press, 1997); and Cassadaga: The South's Oldest Spiritualist Community (with John Guthrie, Jr. and Gary Monroe, University Press of Florida, 2000). He has published numerous articles in academic journals and edited books on the topic of new religions.

^ Lucas, Philip C., Ph.D.: "Spiritual Harm in New Religions: Reflections on Interviews with Former Members of NRMs"

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Phillip C. Lucas is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Stetson University and the founding editor of Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. The journal is the leading academic publication in the field of new religions. Lucas is the author of The Odyssey of a New Religion: The Holy Order of MANS from New Age to Orthodoxy (Indiana University Press, 1995); Prime Time Religion: An Encyclopedia of Religious Broadcasting (with J. Gordon Melton and Jon R. Stone, Oryx Press, 1997); and Cassadaga: The South's Oldest Spiritualist Community (with John Guthrie, Jr. and Gary Monroe, University Press of Florida, 2000). He has published numerous articles in academic journals and edited books on the topic of new religions.

^ Lucas, Philip C., Ph.D.: "Spiritual Harm in New Religions: Reflections on Interviews with Former Members of NRMs"

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Phillip C. Lucas is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Stetson University and the founding editor of Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. The journal is the leading academic publication in the field of new religions. Lucas is the author of The Odyssey of a New Religion: The Holy Order of MANS from New Age to Orthodoxy (Indiana University Press, 1995); Prime Time Religion: An Encyclopedia of Religious Broadcasting (with J. Gordon Melton and Jon R. Stone, Oryx Press, 1997); and Cassadaga: The South's Oldest Spiritualist Community (with John Guthrie, Jr. and Gary Monroe, University Press of Florida, 2000). He has published numerous articles in academic journals and edited books on the topic of new religions.

^ Lucas, Philip C., Ph.D.: "Spiritual Harm in New Religions: Reflections on Interviews with Former Members of NRMs"

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Phillip C. Lucas is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Stetson University and the founding editor of Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. The journal is the leading academic publication in the field of new religions. Lucas is the author of The Odyssey of a New Religion: The Holy Order of MANS from New Age to Orthodoxy (Indiana University Press, 1995); Prime Time Religion: An Encyclopedia of Religious Broadcasting (with J. Gordon Melton and Jon R. Stone, Oryx Press, 1997); and Cassadaga: The South's Oldest Spiritualist Community (with John Guthrie, Jr. and Gary Monroe, University Press of Florida, 2000). He has published numerous articles in academic journals and edited books on the topic of new religions.

^ Lucas, Philip C., Ph.D.: "Spiritual Harm in New Religions: Reflections on Interviews with Former Members of NRMs"

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