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Why do people join the Hare Krishna Movement? Deprivation theory revisited
- Authors:
- DEIN S., BARLOW H.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Religion and Culture, 2(1), May 1999, pp.75-84.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Asks why people join new religious movements. After discussing and refuting the theory that members suffer from mental illness, the theory of deprivation is examined. Although the theory of relative deprivation has a number of problems as a social theory, it is argued that in some cases potential converts do experience feelings of deprivation and therefore it is useful as a psychological theory of conversion. The article ends with a discussion of the conversion process.