Social Building Blocks of New Religious Movements: Organization and Leadership

Teaching New Religious Movements

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Rochford, E Burke ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Charismatic leadership; Family; New religious organizations; Oppositional religious culture; Success and failure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900580267     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195177299.003.0008     Document Type: Chapter

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