Constructing Cultist “Mind Control”

Allegations against religious movements for using “mind control” to produce “forced conversions” are interpretive. Underlying such interpretations are a number of assumptions, definitions, epis-temological rules and conventions of reasoning and rhetoric. These include: (1) The simultaneous employmen...

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Main Author: Robbins, Thomas 1943-2015 (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 1984
In: Sociological analysis
Year: 1984, Volume: 45, Issue: 3, Pages: 241-256
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