This volume contains fifteen presentations on new religions in contemporary Europe, both East and West, in addition to reactions and responses to them. It is composed of highlights from a 1993 international conference in London. Held at the London School of Economics, the conference was presented under the auspices of the three major information centres on new religions in the world, namely, INFORM (Information Network Focus on Studies on Religion Movements, London), CESNUR (Center for Studies on New Religions, Turin, Italy) and ISAR (Institute for the Study of American Religions, Santa Barbara, California). The topics discussed include religious developments in the former Communist Bloc, reactions and responses to new religious movements, as well as various commentary on specific new movements.