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features of revivalism

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o	Revivalist characteristics. Renewal of individual against apocalyptic background 
o	Interpret signs of times 
o	Warns of impending trouble 
o	Charismatic leaders
o	Well-defined boundaries
o	Disputes with rival theories
o	Salvation on a wider scale
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power of the mind

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o Changing and developing your mind
o Key to radical social change
o Outside world has lost sight. Can no longer effect change e.g. due to greed
Mind over matter = symptom of Enlightenment ideas

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utopian aspect

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o Investigation of Protestantism and mindfulness
♣ Protestantism – develops Weber’s view on religious impulse to salvation
♣ Mindfulness – Durkheim. Classification
♣ Both of these constitute the sociological imagination

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conflict and reception of messages

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  • Conflict
    o Inherent in a view that condemns the present world
    o Call to repent and change
  • Reception of messages
    o Wider society distrusts certain groups (separation groups)
    o Violence between perceptions e.g. seen in Jones massacres
    ♣ Catherine Wessinger, How the Millenium Comes Violently
    o Sense of distrust and separation
    o Groups = sensitive to matters of the mind. Easy to suppose mental influence from group
    o Anti-cult groups emerge
    ♣ Cults are viewed as preying on young, vulnerable people
    ♣ They brainwash and programme their recruits
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james beckford, cult controversy

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o Religious movements are not isolated
♣ they need context
♣ look at the movements in relation to the reaction they provoke
♣ reception = part of description
o Controversies have particular courses
♣ family conflicts over recommitment
♣ wider reaction
• anti-cult organisations
• media involvement
• using courts e.g. involvement of state
♣ movement often viewed as exploitation. Conflicts gain legal and political dimension
♣ can see how controversies of Jones Massacre etc. are generated
o National responses to cults
- However… he does not say how these organisations arise and why people join – why do cases arise and why do they go to court?

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use of science to think about movements

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  • How science is exploited
  • Improvisations using scientific method
    o Movements = modern
    o Science = part of rhetoric. USP is their modern awareness
  • Susan Palmer, Aliens Adored: Rael’s UFO Religion
    o Raëlians – apparition from aliens that cloned themselves. Genetic technology
    o Awaits return of alien creators
    o Revivalism and power of mind = key features of movement
    o Construct themselves using improvisation
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