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Lofland, J. (1977). ―Becoming a world-saver‖ revisited. American Behavioral Scientist, 20, 805-
818.
Lofland, J., and Stark, R. (1965). Becoming a world-saver: A theory of conversion to a deviant
perspective. American Sociological Review, 30, 862- 875.
MacDonald, J.P. (1986). ―Groupthink‖ processes in the excommunication procedures of a
fundamentalist religious sect. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southwest Social
Science Association, Dallas, TX, April 10- 13.
MacDonald, I.P. (1986). ―Reject the wicked man‖: Conflict management, coercive persuasion, and
deviance production within a fundamentalist religious sect Master's thesis, New Mexico State
University.
MacDonald, J.P. (1987). Ideology, utopia, and the dialectic of functionalism: The evolution of
coercive environments. In press.
MacDonald, J.P. (1988). Coercive persuasion and the manufacture of deviance: The exploitation
of Stereotypic Extremes. In press.
Meerlo, J.A.M. (1956). The rape of the mind: The psychology of thought control, menticide, and
brainwashing. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Co.
Newman, G. (1978). The punishment response. Philadelphia: ].B. Lippincott Co.
Sargent, W. (1959). Battle for the mind: A physiology of conversion and brainwashing. New York:
Harper and Row.
Scheff, T. (1984). Being mentally ill: A sociological theory. New York: Aldine Publishing Co.
Schein, E., Schneier, I., &Barker, C. H. (1961). Coercive persuasion: A sociopsychological
analysis of the ―brainwashing‖ of American civilian prisoners by the Chinese Communists. New
York. Norton.
Singer, M.T. (1985). Orwellian psychological techniques within totalist religion. Paper given at the
Cult Awareness Network/Citizens Freedom Foundation Annual Conference.
Jerry Paul MacDonald holds degrees in Earth Science and Social Science as well as a master's
degree in sociology from New Mexico State University. He holds twin research appointments in
sociology and earth science and is presently director of the Paleozoic Trackway Project in Las
Cruces, New Mexico. His current research includes analyses of both the Paleozoic environment of
the Southwest United States, and of the structure and evolution of coercive environments for a
forthcoming book on cults and new religions.
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Journal, 1988, Volume 5, Number 1,
pages 59-121. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the bound volume.
This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.
Lofland, J. (1977). ―Becoming a world-saver‖ revisited. American Behavioral Scientist, 20, 805-
818.
Lofland, J., and Stark, R. (1965). Becoming a world-saver: A theory of conversion to a deviant
perspective. American Sociological Review, 30, 862- 875.
MacDonald, J.P. (1986). ―Groupthink‖ processes in the excommunication procedures of a
fundamentalist religious sect. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southwest Social
Science Association, Dallas, TX, April 10- 13.
MacDonald, I.P. (1986). ―Reject the wicked man‖: Conflict management, coercive persuasion, and
deviance production within a fundamentalist religious sect Master's thesis, New Mexico State
University.
MacDonald, J.P. (1987). Ideology, utopia, and the dialectic of functionalism: The evolution of
coercive environments. In press.
MacDonald, J.P. (1988). Coercive persuasion and the manufacture of deviance: The exploitation
of Stereotypic Extremes. In press.
Meerlo, J.A.M. (1956). The rape of the mind: The psychology of thought control, menticide, and
brainwashing. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Co.
Newman, G. (1978). The punishment response. Philadelphia: ].B. Lippincott Co.
Sargent, W. (1959). Battle for the mind: A physiology of conversion and brainwashing. New York:
Harper and Row.
Scheff, T. (1984). Being mentally ill: A sociological theory. New York: Aldine Publishing Co.
Schein, E., Schneier, I., &Barker, C. H. (1961). Coercive persuasion: A sociopsychological
analysis of the ―brainwashing‖ of American civilian prisoners by the Chinese Communists. New
York. Norton.
Singer, M.T. (1985). Orwellian psychological techniques within totalist religion. Paper given at the
Cult Awareness Network/Citizens Freedom Foundation Annual Conference.
Jerry Paul MacDonald holds degrees in Earth Science and Social Science as well as a master's
degree in sociology from New Mexico State University. He holds twin research appointments in
sociology and earth science and is presently director of the Paleozoic Trackway Project in Las
Cruces, New Mexico. His current research includes analyses of both the Paleozoic environment of
the Southwest United States, and of the structure and evolution of coercive environments for a
forthcoming book on cults and new religions.
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Journal, 1988, Volume 5, Number 1,
pages 59-121. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the bound volume.
This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.
