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- catalog abstract ""This book summarizes, synthesizes, and assesses the results of thirty years of research into new religious movements by historians, sociologists, and psychologists of religion. Organized in terms of seven of the most commonly asked questions about cults (e.g., Why did they emerge? Who joins them and why? Why do some become violent?), the book clarifies the issues at stake, seeking to replace prejudice and speculation with reliable insights into the nature of cult activity."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11129239.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description ""This book summarizes, synthesizes, and assesses the results of thirty years of research into new religious movements by historians, sociologists, and psychologists of religion. Organized in terms of seven of the most commonly asked questions about cults (e.g., Why did they emerge? Who joins them and why? Why do some become violent?), the book clarifies the issues at stake, seeking to replace prejudice and speculation with reliable insights into the nature of cult activity."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-226) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Why I Wrote This Book -- Ch. 1. What Are New Religious Movements? -- Ch. 2. Why Did New Religious Movements Emerge? -- Ch. 3. Who Joins New Religious Movements and Why? -- Ch. 4. Are Converts to New Religious Movements 'Brainwashed'? -- Ch. 5. Why Do Some New Religious Movements Become Violent? -- Ch. 6. Are the New Religious Movements Culturally Significant?".
- catalog extent "vi, 231 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Comprehending cults.".
- catalog identifier "0195411544 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Comprehending cults.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Toronto ; New York : Oxford University Press Canada,".
- catalog relation "Comprehending cults.".
- catalog subject "306.6 21".
- catalog subject "306.6/919 21".
- catalog subject "BP603 .D39 1998".
- catalog subject "Cultes Aspect sociologique.".
- catalog subject "Cults Sociological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Cults.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Why I Wrote This Book -- Ch. 1. What Are New Religious Movements? -- Ch. 2. Why Did New Religious Movements Emerge? -- Ch. 3. Who Joins New Religious Movements and Why? -- Ch. 4. Are Converts to New Religious Movements 'Brainwashed'? -- Ch. 5. Why Do Some New Religious Movements Become Violent? -- Ch. 6. Are the New Religious Movements Culturally Significant?".
- catalog title "Comprehending cults : the sociology of new religious movements / Lorne L. Dawson.".
- catalog type "text".