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