An Expansion of the Rational Choice Approach: Social Control in the Children of God during the 1970s and 1980s
Using primary documents from the Children of God and interviews with current and former members, we argue that commitment to this deviant Christian group during the 1970s must be understood as a complex system of immediate an compensatory rewards and punishments. By arguing in this manner, we critic...
| Published in: | International journal for the study of new religions |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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International journal for the study of new religions
Year: 2015, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-49 |
| Further subjects: | B
The Family
B New Religious Movements B Rational choice B Religion B religious punishments B CHILDREN of God |
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| Summary: | Using primary documents from the Children of God and interviews with current and former members, we argue that commitment to this deviant Christian group during the 1970s must be understood as a complex system of immediate an compensatory rewards and punishments. By arguing in this manner, we critically expand upon the Stark/Bainbridge theory of religion, which underemphasizes or ignores the crucial control functions played by punishment systems. Children of God’s punishment system involved purposive, affective, material, and sensual or bodily restraints, which operated both on immediate and postponed (i.e., otherworldly) levels. |
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| ISSN: | 2041-952X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal for the study of new religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/ijsnr.v6i1.20430 |