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.