The Pursuit of Innocence: New Religious Movements and Moral Accountability
This paper examines the extent to which and ways in which new religious and para-religious movements encourage among their adherents a reduced sense of moral accountability. It is argued (a) that participants in a wide variety of these movements do experience such feelings; (b) that these feelings a...
| Format: | Electronic Article |
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| Language: | English |
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1979
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1979, Volume: 40, Issue: 4, Pages: 335-346 |
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| Summary: | This paper examines the extent to which and ways in which new religious and para-religious movements encourage among their adherents a reduced sense of moral accountability. It is argued (a) that participants in a wide variety of these movements do experience such feelings; (b) that these feelings are produced in a significantly different manner in devotee, discipleship, and apprenticeship groups; and (c) that this reduced sense of moral accountability constitutes one of the appealing aspects of these movements because it helps people deal with the modern dilemma of moral accountability. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3709962 |