Mandeville Press

Seeking the Light

Seeking the Light is an impressive piece of work. It told me a lot about an organization of which I had known little save what I saw in the media. It is a significant contribution to sociology of religion, especially the reports of research on status, attitudes and motivations of both members and ex-members.
- Robert S. Ellwood
Emeritus Professor of Religion
University of Southern California

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Lewis's case study of MSIA is pioneering a maturing phase of the study of New Religious Movements. By combining insights from a generation of studies by sociologists, historians, and comparative religion scholars, he has produced a thorough and balanced study of an important new religion, though one little known apart from the several public controversies in which it has been involved.
- J. Gordon Melton
Director
Institute for the Study of American Religion

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