Doomsday Cult
Subtitle: a study of conversion, proselytization, and maintenance of faith
By: John Lofland.
Edition: Enlarged ed.
Publisher: Irvington Publishers : distributed by Halsted Press
Published: 1977
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9780470992494
Copyright date: 1977
Subjects: Psychology, Religious; Religion and sociology
Notes: Bibliography: p. 351-352.
Includes index.
"This investigation was supported in part by a Public Health Service Fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health." - Acknowledgments.
Table of contents: title: Preface to the enlarged edition; title: List of central characters; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The cult world view; title: Part one : Conversion.; title: 3. Dispositions; title: 4. Situations; title: Part two : Proselytization.; title: 5. Disembodied access; title: 6. Embodied access; title: 7. Promotion vehicles; title: 8. Prospect alignments; title: 9. Promotion tactics; title: Part three : Faith and hope.; title: 10. Faith and the encompassing culture; title: 11. Faith and cult events; title: 12. Mechanics of hope; title: Postscript; title: Appendix : How the data were collected; title: Epilogue to the enlarged edtion : The boom and bust of a Millenarian cult : Doomsday Cult revisited