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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Roy Wallis |
| ISBN: | 0470919108 9780470919101 |
| OCLC Number: | 1971054 |
| Notes: | "A Halsted Press book." |
| Description: | 212 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Cults and their development: The Aetherius Society: a case study in the formation of a mystagogic congregation / Roy Wallis -- The 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. |
| Series Title: | Contemporary issues series ; 10 |
| Responsibility: | edited by Roy Wallis. |
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