Cults Faith, Healing, and Coercion |
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| Author:
| Galanter, Marc |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-505631-0 |
| Publication Date: | May 1989 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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Based on materials gathered by the author over fifteen years of direct encounters with cults, as well as a broad range of quantitative research, this is the most exhaustive psychological study of cults to date. Filled with first-person accounts as well as overviews of many of the such well-known cults as the Moonies, the book shows not only how cult members feel and think, but how larger social and psychological forces interact within cults to command and reinforce individual commitment.
Based on materials gathered by the author over fifteen years of direct encounters with cults, as well as a broad range of quantitative research, this is the most exhaustive psychological study of cults to date. Filled with first-person accounts as well as overviews of many of the such well-known cults as the Moonies, the book shows not only how cult members feel and think, but how larger social and psychological forces interact within cults to command and reinforce individual commitment.