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Sectarianism : analyses of religious and non-religious sects
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Sectarianism : analyses of religious and non-religious sects

Author: Roy Wallis
Publisher: New York : Wiley, 1975.
Series: Contemporary issues series ; 10
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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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