On Founders and Followers: Some Factors in the Development of New Religious Movements
The developmental course of new religious movements is influenced by the founder's personality and by a series of changing conditions that inevitably accompany growth. The way in which the founder and staff respond to these conditions helps determine whether religious movements achieve stabilit...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1992
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1992, Volume: 53, Pages: S1-S13 |
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| Summary: | The developmental course of new religious movements is influenced by the founder's personality and by a series of changing conditions that inevitably accompany growth. The way in which the founder and staff respond to these conditions helps determine whether religious movements achieve stability or undergo the dramatic and unpredicted changes of course and fortune that characterize such movements as Rajneeshism, the Children of God, Christ Commune, and the People's Temple. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3711247 |