Free Zone Scientology and Other Movement Milieus: A Preliminary Characterization
Free Zone refers to the subculture constituted by people and organizations that adhere to the beliefs and practices of Scientology but who do so outside of - and without the sanction of - the Church of Scientology. The analysis in the present article uses the Free Zone plus a selection of comparable...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2013
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Temenos
Año: 2013, Volumen: 49, Número: 2, Páginas: 255-276 |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Cientología
B New Religious Movements B Social Movements B Schism B Cultic Milieu |
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| Parallel Edition: | No electrónico
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| Sumario: | Free Zone refers to the subculture constituted by people and organizations that adhere to the beliefs and practices of Scientology but who do so outside of - and without the sanction of - the Church of Scientology. The analysis in the present article uses the Free Zone plus a selection of comparable subcultures associated with other religious groups as case studies to explore the nature and structure of movement milieus. The notion of a movement milieu is derived from Colin Campbell’s influential formulation, though certain significant features of movement milieus serve to distinguish them from - and to make them more than simply subsets of - the cultic milieu. |
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| ISSN: | 2342-7256 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Temenos
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.33356/temenos.8203 |
