Roy Wallis
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Roy Wallis (1945–1990)[1] was a sociologist and Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the Queen's University Belfast. He is mostly known for his creation of the seven signs that differentiate a religious congregation from a sectarian church, which he created while researching the Church of Scientology. He introduced the distinction between world-affirming and world-rejecting new religious movements.[2][3]
After publishing his book The Road to Total Freedom (1976), an analysis of the sociology of Scientology, he was harassed by the church both legally and personally.[4][5] Forged letters, apparently from Wallis, were sent to his colleagues.[6]
Publications
- Roy Wallis (1975) Sectarianism: Analyses of Religious and Non-Religious Sects, London: Peter Owen & New York: John Wiley, Template:ISBN
- Roy Wallis (1976) The Road to Total Freedom: A Sociological Analysis of Scientology, London: Heinemann. Template:ISBN. US edition published 1977 by Columbia University Press, Template:ISBN
- Roy Wallis and Peter Morley (1976) Marginal Medicine, New York: Free Press, Template:ISBN
- Roy Wallis and Peter Morley (1978) Culture and Curing: Anthropological Perspectives on Traditional Medical Beliefs and Practices, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, & London: Peter Owen, Template:ISBN
- Roy Wallis (1979) On the Margins of Science: the Social Construction of Rejected Knowledge, Keele: University of Keele Press, Template:ISBN
- Roy Wallis (1979) Salvation and Protest: Studies of Social and Religious Movements, New York: St. Martin's Press, Template:ISBN
- Roy Wallis (1984) The Elementary Forms of the New Religious Life, London and Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul, Template:ISBN
References
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- ↑ Bromley, David New Religious Movements in the Encyclopedia of Religion and Society edited by William H. Swatos, Jr. Editor [1]
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- ↑ Roy Wallis's The Road to Total Freedom, pp. 218–219
- ↑ Roy Wallis (1977) "The Moral Career of the Research Project" in Colin Bell and Howard Newby (Eds) Doing Sociological Research London: Allen and Unwin. Template:ISBN
- ↑ Stewart Lamont (1986) Religion Inc.: The Church of Scientology London: Harrap. Template:ISBN. p. 87
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External links
- Roy Wallis (1976), The Road to Total Freedom, A Sociological analysis of Scientology, Template:ISBN
- Roy Wallis (1984), The Elementary Forms of the New Religious Life, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, Template:ISBN