Irving Hexham

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  • Religion, Economics, and Social Thought, with Walter Block, Vancouver, The Fraser Institute, 1986, pp. 573
  • Understanding Cults and New Age Religions, with Karla Poewe
  • Zulu Religion: Texts and Interpretations. Vol. I: Traditional Zulu Ideas about God, Lewiston, Edwin Mellen, 1987, pp. 455.
  • The Concise Dictionary of Religion, Regent College Publishing, 1993, Paperback, pp. 248, ISBN   1573831204
  • The Scriptures of the amaNazaretha of Ekuphakameni, translated from the Zulu by the Rt. Rev. Londa Shembe and Hans-Jürgen Becken, with introductory essays by Irving Hexham and G.C. Oosthuizen, Calgary, University of Calgary Press, 1994, pp. xlix + 144.
  • The Story of Isaiah Shembe – History and Traditions Centered on EkuPhakameni and Mount Nhlangakazi: Volume One of the Sacred History and Traditions of the amaNazaretha, translated from the Zulu by Hans-Jürgen Becken, edited with G.C. Oosthuizen, Lewiston, Edwin Mellen Press, 1996, pp. 258, ISBN   0773487735
  • New Religions as Global Cultures, with Karla Poewe, Boulder, Westview Press, 1997, pp. 180, ISBN   0813325080
  • The Christian Travelers Guide to Britain, Grand Rapids, Zondervan, April 2001, pp. 245, ISBN   0310225523
  • The Christian Travelers Guide to France, (ed.) by Mark Konnert, Peter Barrs and Carine Barrs, 2001, pp. 224, ISBN   0310225884
  • Christian Travelers Guide to Germany, with Lothar Henry Kope, Zondervan, 2001, pp. 240, ISBN   0310225396
  • Pocket Dictionary of New Religious Movements: Over 400 Groups, Individuals & Ideas Clearly and Concisely Defined, IVP Academic, 2002, Paperback, pp. 120, ISBN   0830814663
  • Understanding World Religions, Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 2011, pp. 512.
  • Notes

    1. A revised version of his PhD thesis was published as: Irving Hexham, The Irony of Apartheid, Lewiston, Edwin Mellen, 1981.

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    Bibliography

    • Hexham, Irving (1975). Totalitarian Calvinism: The Reformed (Dopper) Community in South Africa, 1902–1919 (PhD thesis). Bristol, England: University of Bristol. OCLC   1053659020.
    • Johnson, Philip (2002). "Apologetics, Mission, and New Religious Movements: A Holistic Approach". Sacred Tribes. 1 (1). ISSN   1941-8167. Archived from the original on 15 December 2005. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
    • Lumley, Elizabeth, ed. (1996). Canadian Who's Who . Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
    • Oosthuizen, G. C. (1977). The Theology of a South African Messiah. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill.
    • Van der Heyden, Ulrich; Feldkeller, Andreas, eds. (2008). Border Crossings: Explorations of an Interdisciplinary Historian; Festschrift for Irving Hexham. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag.
    Irving Hexham

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    Born
    Irving R. Hexham

    (1943-04-14) 14 April 1943 (age 80)
    Whitehaven, England
    Nationality
    • Canadian
    • English
    Spouse
    (m. 1988)
    Academic background
    Alma mater
    Thesis Totalitarian Calvinism [1]  (1975)
    Doctoral advisorKenneth Ingham