From Cult to Sect
Creative Eclecticism in New Religious Movements
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9213614 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J T Richardson (0000-0002-6307-087X, University of Nevada, Reno, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 139-166 |
| Publication date | 1979-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Pacific Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-8919 • E-ISSN: 2330-0736 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1388875 |
| OpenAlex | W2767093825 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 41 |
This article builds on the work of Wallis on cult-to-sect evolution using as a vehicle the Jesus movement, most examples of which originated as cults but quickly evolved into sects. A generalized “value-added” model of major factors involved in the change from cult to sect is presented. Included are several specific elements in each of four separate areas: (1) group or social organizational factors; (2) individual factors; (3) similarities or “bridges” between cultic milieu and sect experience; and (4) factors external to the group. This model is presented in an effort to help explain changes in the many new social forms, religious and otherwise, that have developed recently
Ancient history · Archaeology · Cult · Eclecticism · Sect · Sociology · Statistics · Theology · Value (mathematics) · History · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Social Psychology
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Religious Belief Transformation
Religion in sociological perspective
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Theory of collective behavior.
Religion in Secular Society
Do Holiness Sects Socialize in Dominant Values
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Sects and Cults
Clarifying the Cult
A Sociological Yearbook of Religion in Britain, 4
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Conversion Process Models and the Jesus Movement
Religion and Social Conflict
The Organization and Functioning of the Children of God
The Membership of a Cult
"Theory and Research on Today's "New Religions
Religion American Style
Religious Experience
Religious and Spiritual Groups in Modern America
Seekers and Saucers
Pacifism
Mainlining Jesus
Church and Sect Revisited
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Images of 'God,' Images of Man, and the Organization of Social Life
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Scientology
Les ' Jesus Freaks ' et le retour à la respectabilité
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,34 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 2025 (44) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |