TY - BOOK AU - Binder,Louis Richard TI - Modern religious cults and society: a sociological interpretation of a modern religious phenomenon, AV - BL85 .B5 1931 U1 - 289 PY - 1933///] CY - Boston PB - R.G. Badger, The Gorham Press KW - Religions KW - Religion and sociology KW - fast N1 - Without thesis note; Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-205); Part one. Background of religious cults -- 1. Phenomenon of religious cults -- 2. Dynamic of the cults -- 3. Social factors sustaining the cults -- 4. Hegira from the churches to the cults -- Part two. Religious cults and social adjustment -- 5. Pathological aspects of the cults -- 6. Social significance of faith-healing cults -- 7. Cults and their environment -- 8. Cults and social institutions -- 9. Cults and sexuality -- Part three. Religious cults and telic progress -- 10. Cults and Utopian thought -- 11. The elements of reaction and schism among the cults -- 12. Cults and social progress -- 13. Cults and cultural lag -- Part Four.Cpersonal interests of the cults and critique -- 14. Cults and their leadership -- 15. Individualism of the cults and the social gospel -- 16. An appraisal ER -