Cults : faith, healing, and coercion /

Galanter, Marc,

Cults : faith, healing, and coercion / [print] Marc Galanter. - New York : Oxford University Press, (c)1989. - viii, 230 pages ; 25 cm.



The charismatic group -- Forces in the charismatic group. Group cohesiveness ; Shared beliefs ; Altered consciousness -- A model of the charismatic group. Biology and behavior ; The cult as a social system -- Case histories of charismatic groups. Trouble at the system's boundary ; A religious sect : the Unification Church ; Charismatic healing groups : the AA example.



9780195056310

88025277


Cults.
Sects.
Psychology, Religious.
Spiritual healing.

BP603 BP603.G146.C858 1989