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John Lofland

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Description:From Wikipedia - Doomsday A Study of Conversion, Proselytization, and Maintenance of Faith is a sociological book based on field study of a group of Unification Church members in California and Oregon. It was first published in 1966 and written by sociologist John Lofland. It is considered to be one of the most important and widely cited studies of the process of religious conversion, and one of the first modern sociological studies of a new religious movement. While a student at the University of California, Berkeley, Lofland lived with Unification Church missionary Young Oon Kim and a small group of American church members and studied their activities in trying to promote their beliefs and win new members for their church. Lofland noted that most of their efforts were ineffective and that most of the people who joined did so because of personal relationships with other members, often family relationships. Lofland published his findings in 1964 as a doctoral thesis entitled "The World A Field Study of Cult Processes", and in 1966 in book form by Prentice-Hall. The book introduced the expression "doomsday cult" to the English language and since then it has been commonly used in various contexts.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Doomsday Cult: A Study of Conversion, Proselytization, and Maintenance of Faith. To get started finding Doomsday Cult: A Study of Conversion, Proselytization, and Maintenance of Faith, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: From Wikipedia - Doomsday A Study of Conversion, Proselytization, and Maintenance of Faith is a sociological book based on field study of a group of Unification Church members in California and Oregon. It was first published in 1966 and written by sociologist John Lofland. It is considered to be one of the most important and widely cited studies of the process of religious conversion, and one of the first modern sociological studies of a new religious movement. While a student at the University of California, Berkeley, Lofland lived with Unification Church missionary Young Oon Kim and a small group of American church members and studied their activities in trying to promote their beliefs and win new members for their church. Lofland noted that most of their efforts were ineffective and that most of the people who joined did so because of personal relationships with other members, often family relationships. Lofland published his findings in 1964 as a doctoral thesis entitled "The World A Field Study of Cult Processes", and in 1966 in book form by Prentice-Hall. The book introduced the expression "doomsday cult" to the English language and since then it has been commonly used in various contexts.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Doomsday Cult: A Study of Conversion, Proselytization, and Maintenance of Faith. To get started finding Doomsday Cult: A Study of Conversion, Proselytization, and Maintenance of Faith, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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