Who joins new religious movements and why
Twenty years of research and what have we learned
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3941349 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lorne L Dawson (0000-0002-1580-5800, Departments of Sociology and Religious Studies, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 141-161 |
| Publication date | 1996-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4298 • E-ISSN: 2042-0587 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000842989602500202 |
| OpenAlex | W1948666715 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
Surprisingly, perhaps, controversy about the nature and dangers of cults or new religious movements remains a topic of considerable public concern and significant misunderstanding. Scholarship in the study of new religious movements, however, has reached a certain obvious maturity. This article summarizes and integrates the empirical data available in dispersed sources to provide a sociological profile of what reliably can be said about how people become interested in new religions, who tends to become interested in new religions, and some insights into why people join such religions
Empirical research · Epistemology · Join (topology · Joins · Maturity (psychological · Political science · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
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Matters (Un-)Becoming
| Citations per year | 0.63 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1999 - 2025 (27) |
| Highly cited | No |