Church-Sect and Cult: Bringing Mysticism Back in

The concept “cult” is discussed in light of recent attempts to relate it to church-sect theory. In a quest for a theoretically consistent and fruitful sociology of religious movements, the asceticism-mysticism continuum, rather than church-sect, is more appropriate to analyses of the origins of new...

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Main Author: Swatos, William H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1981
In: Sociological analysis
Year: 1981, Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 17-26
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