1962 Reprint. No dust jacket. Original owner’s name stamped on first page. J. Oswald Sanders (1902 – 1992) attended the Bible Training Institute in Auckland and joined its staff in 1926. Sanders served as an instructor and administrator at the Bible College of New Zealand. He became general director of the China Inland Mission and led the reorganization of the CIM into the Overseas Missionary Fellowship. He was instrumental in beginning many new missions projects throughout East Asia. Upon his retirement Sanders wrote prolifically, with many of his over 40 books. One of Sander’s most notable works was Heresies Ancient and Modern, later published as Cults and Isms (1962) also known as Heresies and Cults. Although this book is a warning to look out for cults of any stripe, the emphasis will be on those cults or sects (quasi-cults—orthodox for the most part with cultic tendencies) which ar most influential.