About the Author

Irving Hexham is the author of seven books including The Irony of Apartheid (1981), A Concise Dictionary of Religion (1993), and New Religions as Global Cultures, with Karla Poewe (1997). He has edited fourteen other books, most of which deal with African religion. These include Zulu Religion: Texts and Interpretations. Vol. I: Traditional Zulu Ideas About God (1987), Afro-Christian Religion & Healing in Southern Africa, with G.C. Oosthuizen (1989) and The Scriptures of the amaNazaretha of Ekuphakameni, translated from the Zulu by the Rt. Rev. Londaukosi iNsiKayakho Shembe and Hans-Jürgen Becken (1994). His latest edited book is Encountering New Religious Movements. He has written over sixty refereed journal articles and chapters in books and numerous book reviews. His research interests center on New Religious Movements in a global perspective since the Enlightenment.