| Description |
212 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Contemporary issues series ; 10
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Contemporary issues series ; 10.
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| Note |
"A Halsted Press book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
1. Cults and their development: Aetherius Society: a case study in the formation of a mystagogic congregation / Roy Wallis -- Cult and its transformation / Roy Wallis -- 2. Structure and process in sectarian movements: Conversion to Krishna consciousness: the transformation from hippie to religious ascetic / Francine J. Daner -- Two contrasting types of sectarian organization / James A. Beckford -- Societal reaction to Scientology: a study in the sociology of deviant religion / Roy Wallis -- Communitarian groups and the world / John McKelvie Whitworth -- 3. Sectarianism and near-sectarianism in the secular domain: Reluctant converts: social control, socialization and adaptation in therapeutic communities / Barry Sugarman -- Sectarianism in politics: case studies of Maoists and De Leonists / Roger O'Toole -- Some sectarian characteristics of therapeutic groups with special reference to Recovery, Inc. and Neurotics Nomine / Robert K. Jones. |
| Subject |
Cults.
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Cults. |
| Added Author |
Wallis, Roy.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Sectarianism. New York : Wiley, 1975 (OCoLC)566050450 |
| ISBN |
0470919108 |
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9780470919101 |
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