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Article: The Cultic Milieu: Oppositional Subcultures in an Age of Globalization.(Book Reviews)(Book Review)
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- Sociology of Religion
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- June 22, 2004
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The Cultic Milieu: Oppositional Subcultures in an Age of Globalization, JEFFREY KAPLAN AND HELENE LOOW (eds.). Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press, 2002, 360pp.; $75.00 (cloth) $26.95 (paper).
The Cultic Milieu, a collection of twelve articles, including an introduction by the editors, presents a unique opportunity for both sociologists and others in related fields, like myself, a psychologist, to gain some familiarity with work of this nature. The editors, Jeffrey Kaplan and Helene Loow present the reader, in this elegantly readable book, with a series of articles built on the seminal work of Colin Campbell's "The Cult, the Cultic Milieu and Secularization" written ...