The Family International: A Case Study in the Management of Change in New Religious Movements

This paper focuses on The Family International - a group that since its inception in the late 1960s (when it was known as The Children of God) has provoked intense public controversy and considerable social science attention as a result. Sociologists of religion have found it to be a particularly us...

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Authors: Shepherd, Gary (Author) ; Shepherd, Gordon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2007
In: Religion compass
Year: 2007, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 229-244
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