Five Factors Crucial to the Growth and Spread of a Modern Religious Movement

Explanations for the spread of a modern religious movement are sought within the dynamics of the movement itself. Five key factors are identified and functionally analysed: (1) an acephalous, reticulate organizational structure, (2) face-to-face recruitment along lines of pre-existing significant so...

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Authors: Gerlach, Luther P 1930- (Author) ; Hine, Virginia H. 1920- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [1968]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 1968, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 23-40
Further subjects:B Baptism
B Social Change
B Pentecostalism
B Evangelists
B Lutheranism
B Churches
B Glossolalia
B Catholicism
B Social Movements
B Pastors
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