Organized Miracles - Study of a Contemporary Youth Communal Fundamentalist Organization

"Excellent study which moves back and forth between theory and empirical observations. It looks at religious groups from several different theoretical positions as well as raises a number of significant issues about the conduct of eld research." --Russell R. Dynes, American Sociological Association

List of contents

Part A: An Organizational Analysis, Part B: Group Life and Culture, Part C: Individual Characteristics, Part D: Conversion and Affiliation, Part E: Future of the Organization.

About the author

James T. Richardson

Summary

"Excellent study which moves back and forth between theory and empirical observations. It looks at religious groups from several different theoretical positions as well as raises a number of significant issues about the conduct of eld research."--Russell R. Dynes, American Sociological Association

Product details

• Authors: James T. Richardson, James T. Etc. Richardson, Richardson James T., Robert B. Simmonds, Mary W. Stewart, Mary White Stewart
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.1979
• EAN: 9780878552849
• ISBN: 978-0-87855-284-9
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, Society & culture: general, RELIGION / Theology, Society and culture: general