Seekers and Saucers
The Role of the Cultic Milieu in Joining a UFO Cult
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3757160 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert W Balch (University of Montana), David Taylor (0000-0002-6098-5636, University of Montana) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 839-860 |
| Publication date | 1977-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000276427702000604 |
| OpenAlex | W1970918712 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 49 |
| References cited | 16 |
This UFO cult has been much in the news of late. Of special note in this paper is the very positive redefinition of the role of seeker. Also, the puzzling finding that affective ties between converts and group members seem unnecessary for conversion to occur is discussed, along with the similarly disconcerting idea that the group lacks ritual behavior
Computer security · Criminology · Cult · Group (periodic table) · Physics · Political science · Seekers · Computer Science · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Law · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Psychology · Social Psychology · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
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The Sociology of Conversion
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Religious Conversion and Personality Change
A profile of New Agers
Migration, Medical Care Preferences and the Lay Referral System
Pilots reporting unidentified aerial phenomena and the organisation of professional circumspection
How Prophecy Never Fails
In the Dreamtime of the Saucer People
The Role of Fear in Indian Religious Thought With Special Reference to Buddhism
Use of cult in the teaching of psychology of religion and spirituality
“I'm Now Far Healthier and Better Able to Manage the Challenges of Life”
Life inside a deviant “religious” group
New Religious Movement Membership and the Importance of Stable ‘Others’ for the Making of Selves
Heaven's Gate
Extraterrestrial Biblical Hermeneutics and the Making of Heaven's Gate
Current Research on Religious Conversion
“For Those Who Are Not Afraid of the Future”
Ufology as Anthropology
Teaching New Religious Movements
Paradigm Conflict, Types of Conversion, and Conversion Theories
Looking behind the Scenes in a Religious Cult
Religious Conversion of Adolescents
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Analyzing the Determinants of Everyday Conversion
Becoming a Zen Practitioner
Client and Audience Cults in America
Religious Practice as Social Exchange
Self-Affirmation, Freedom, and Rationality
Networks of Faith
“There is No Place for Us to Go but Up”
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From Cult to Sect
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Recentering the World
The Esoteric Community
Strategies for Obtaining Access to Secretive or Guarded Organizations
Making a Difference
Social Meanings of the Occult
Cult Commitment' from the Perspective of Former Members
Belief in UFOs as alternative reality, cultural rejection or disturbed psyche
The social construction and interpretation of deviance
The scientific study of religion
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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
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Movements and Motives
Disaster and the Millennium
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| Unique citing works | 49 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,04 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2026 (48) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 38 |