Roy Wallis
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Roy Wallis was a British sociologist best known for his influential studies of new religious movements and cults.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roy Wallis canonical | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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sociologist ⓘ |
| citizenship | British ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1945 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1990s ⓘ |
| developedConcept | church-sect-cult typology for new religious movements ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Oxford ⓘ |
| employer | Queen’s University Belfast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cult studies
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sociology ⓘ sociology of religion ⓘ study of new religious movements ⓘ |
| genre | academic writing ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
religious studies
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social sciences ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
academic study of cults
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sociology of new religious movements ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | interpretive sociology of religion ⓘ |
| notableFor |
studies of cults
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studies of new religious movements ⓘ typology of new religious movements ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Salvation and Protest
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Sectarianism ⓘ The Elementary Forms of the New Religious Life NERFINISHED ⓘ The New Religions NERFINISHED ⓘ The Road to Total Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ The Social Construction of Charisma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
sociologist
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university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Sociology at Queen’s University Belfast ⓘ |
| studied |
Scientology
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charismatic religious movements ⓘ conversion processes in new religions ⓘ |
| workLocation | Belfast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
charisma and authority in religious organizations
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new religious movements in Western societies ⓘ social control of deviant religious groups ⓘ |
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