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The future of religion Secularization, revival, and cult formation

Rodney Stark

Religion is alive and well in the modern world, and the social-scientific study of religion is undergoing a renaissance. For much of this century, respected social theorists predicted the death of religion as inevitable consequence of science, education, and modern economics. But they were wrong.

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RedHanded

This psychiatrist wrote the leading paper on cults around 1980, which outlined three necessary components for a group to be considered a cult.

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The leading paper on this was written by Robert J. Lifton, this is a psychiatrist. And I think it's in 1980 and it's called Cult Formation.

— Episode: Episode 29 - The Cult with No Name

Episode: Episode 29 - The Cult with No Name

This psychiatrist wrote the leading paper on cults around 1980, which outlined three necessary components for a group to be considered a cult.

"

The leading paper on this was written by Robert J. Lifton, this is a psychiatrist. And I think it's in 1980 and it's called Cult Formation.

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