User:Andries

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Working on this draft article User:Andries/Theories_of_religion Theories of religion - (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)

"When asked why they joined, members usually say that they joined their group because of some ideal such as salvation, enlightenment, or whatever; they may pad this explanation with complex philosophy or psychotheology. [..]what joining them had allowed them to achieve, or what leaving the group would mean to them, quite different themes emerged."

Oakes, Len: Prophetic Charisma: The Psychology of Revolutionary Religious Personalities, 1997, Syracuse University press, ISBN 0-8156-0398-3, page 127