Scholars, Sects and Sanghas, I: Recruitment to Asian-Based Meditation Groups in North America
Sociological and psychological research on why Westerners join new religious movements in the U.S. has often focused on seven of the more spectacular groups. Sociological studies have usually understood “joining” as a response to cultural upheaval and a decline in symbolic integration. The weight of...
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1988
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1988, Volume: 49, Issue: 2, Pages: 136-170 |
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