American Behavioral Scientist · 1977 · 100 citations · 8 references
ArtsReligious StudiesSociologySociology Of ReligionConversion NarrativesModernityReligious ConversionSocial ChangeConversion PatternsConversion TheoryConversion TrajectoriesUnification
Lofland's earlier work, widely assumed to have been done on the beginnings in this country of the Unification Church of Reverend Moon, resulted in development of the most widely cited conversion model in the literature of sociology. Here he updates and extends this previous work, based on a follow-up study of the same group studied earlier.
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