1977/07/01 by Anson Shupe, Roger Spielmann, Sam Stigall · 3 citations
Social Sciences · #Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology #Theological Perspectives and Practices #Religion and Society Interactions
paper · doi:10.1177/000276427702000609
openalex publication_date 1977/07/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/26
This paper compares deprogramming with exorcism, thought reform, and resocialization, and offers insight into how members of the anticult movement justify their own involvement in "coercive conversion." It serves as a fitting, if ironic, close to this issue on conversion and commitment in contemporary religion.