Cult Formation: Three Compatible Models

This paper draws upon numerous ethnographies to outline three fundamental models of how novel religious ideas are generated and made social. The psychopathology model describes cult innovation as the result of individual psychopathology that finds successful social expression by providing apparent s...

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Authors: Bainbridge, William Sims (Author) ; Stark, Rodney (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: 1979
In: Sociological analysis
Year: 1979, Volume: 40, Issue: 4, Pages: 283-295
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