Seeking the Light: Uncovering the Truth About the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness and Its Founder John-Roger

Los Angeles, Mandeville Press 1998. 1998. Hardcover. 8vo hardcover 237pp, b/w illus. very good+ / very good+ d/w. Lewis' case study of MSIA is pioneering a maturing phase of the study of New Religious Movements. By combining insights from a generation of studies by sociologists historians and comparative religion scholars he has produced a thorough and balanced study of an important new religion though one little known apart from the several public controversies in which it has been involved nnBook DescriptionnSince the popular media tends to deal with sensationalism and sound bites there has never been any follow up to the allegations about the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (MISA) and what repercussions they had on the organization and its students. It was enough for them to lay the body bare make the incision then turn to their next item of interest without really examining what had been revealed. In researcher and expert in nontraditional religions James R. Lewis explores MSIA from the inside out. His comprehensive study looks at MSIA under a microscope examines the religious and spiritual heritage of MSIA and presents from an expert's viewpoint the truth about this so-called controversial movement. He examines its roots its history its activities its leaders and its members-current and past. .