"Disembodied Access" and Technological Constraints on Organizational Development: A Study of Mail-Order Religions
Using a structural perspective, Lofland's concept of "disembodied access" is related to deviant religions in American society. Specifically, this paper investigates the influence of the United States Postal Service as it channels and constrains the organizational development of a samp...
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Wiley-Blackwell
[1976]
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 1976, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 177-185 |
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Charisma
B Mail services B Fringe B Motivation B Newsletters B Advertising campaigns B Social Control B Christianity |
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