Title The complex forms of the religious life : a Durkheimian view of new religious movements / Frances Westley

Published Chico, Calif. : Scholars Press, [1983] ©1983

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Description ix, 199 pages ; 23 cm Series American Academy of Religion academy series ; 45 American Academy of Religion academy series ; no. 45 Contents Emile Durkheim's sociology of religion -- Alternative theories: A quest for an american culture -- Data and methodology -- The "cult of man": Historical antecedents and contemporary perspectives -- Distinguishing belifs of the "cult of man": A comparative view -- Behind the faces: Pollution fears and the notion of the sacred in "cult of man" groups -- Rituals of purification -- The personality as machine: rituals of manipulation -- Inside the contol room: Rituals of trasformation -- Conclusion: The question of ethics Analysis Cults History 20th century Durkheim, Émile Religion and sociology History 20th century Notes (American Academy of Religion academy series ; 45) Bibliography Bibliography: pages 175-179 Subject Durkheim, EÌmile, 1858-1917 Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917. Cults -- History -- 20th century. Religion and sociology -- History -- 20th century. LC no. 83004579 ISBN 0891306269

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