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{{Short description|Book by James V. Downton Jr.}}
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| media_type = Hardcover | media_type = Hardcover
| pages = 245 | pages = 245
| isbn = ISBN 978-0-231-04198-0 | isbn = 978-0-231-04198-0
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|quote=The basic information was gathered in 1972 with follow-up information gathered in 1976. |quote=The basic information was gathered in 1972 with follow-up information gathered in 1976.
|publisher=Review of Religious Research |publisher=Review of Religious Research
|Volume= 21 |volume= 21
|issue= 3. |issue= 3
|date =Summer, ] |date =Summer 1980
}}</ref> In the work, author ] analyzes a sample group of young ], and their conversion process to the ideals of the Divine Light Mission and their relationship with ], currently known as Prem Rawat. }}</ref> In the work, author ] analyzes a sample group of young ], and their conversion process to the ideals of the Divine Light Mission and their relationship with Guru Maharaj Ji, currently known as ].


Downton, a sociologist at the ], spent one month in an ashram <ref name=garrison /> and relied on interviews with eighteen followers, presenting a "vivid picture of the social and psychologically dynamics which led to their spiritual awakening". He followed the mission for a period of five years chronicling the followers' personal changes and the evolution of the movement itself.<ref>{{cite book Downton, a sociologist and professor emeritus of Sociology at the College of Arts and Sciences of the ],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.colorado.edu/catalog/catalog08-09/arts_sciences/facultycollegeofartsandsciences.html|title= Catalog |publisher=]|year=2007}}</ref> spent one month in an ]<ref name=garrison /> and relied on interviews with eighteen followers, presenting a "vivid picture of the social and psychologically dynamics which led to their spiritual awakening". He followed the mission for a period of five years chronicling the followers' personal changes and the evolution of the movement itself.<ref>{{cite book
| last = Downton, Jr. | last = Downton, Jr.
| first = James V. | first = James V.
| authorlink = James V. Downton | author-link = James V. Downton
| coauthors =
| title = Sacred Journeys: The Conversion of Young Americans to Divine Light Mission | title = Sacred Journeys: The Conversion of Young Americans to Divine Light Mission
| publisher = ] | publisher = ]
| date = July 1979 | date = July 1979
| location =
| pages = Inner flap | pages = Inner flap
| isbn = 978-0-231-04198-0}}
| url =
| doi =
| id = ISBN 978-0-231-04198-0}}
</ref> Downton himself later wrote an article in ''Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion'', which explored these issues further.<ref>{{cite journal </ref> Downton himself later wrote an article in ''Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion'', which explored these issues further.<ref>{{cite journal
| last = Downton, Jr. | last = Downton, Jr.
| first = James V. | first = James V.
| authorlink =
| coauthors =
| title = An Evolutionary Theory of Spiritual Conversion and Commitment: The Case of Divine Light Mission | title = An Evolutionary Theory of Spiritual Conversion and Commitment: The Case of Divine Light Mission
| journal = Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion | journal = Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
| volume = 19 | volume = 19
| issue = 4 | issue = 4
| pages = 381-396 | pages = 381–396
| publisher =
| date = December 1980 | date = December 1980
| url =
| doi = 10.2307/1386132 | doi = 10.2307/1386132
| id = | jstor = 1386132
}}
| accessdate = }}
</ref> Downton also cited the work again, with co-author Wehr, in an article in ''Journal of Peace Research'' analyzing ] and its relationship to ].<ref>{{cite journal </ref> Downton also cited the work again, with co-author Wehr, in an article in ''Journal of Peace Research'' analyzing ] and its relationship to ].<ref>{{cite journal
| last = Downton, Jr. | last = Downton, Jr.
| first = James V. | first = James V.
|author2=Paul Wehr
| authorlink =
| title = Persistent Pacifism: How Activist Commitment Is Developed and Sustained
| coauthors = Paul Wehr
| title = Persistent Pacifism: How Activist Commitment Is Developed and Sustained
| journal = Journal of Peace Research | journal = Journal of Peace Research
| volume = 35 | volume = 35
| issue = 5 | issue = 5
| pages = 531-550 | pages = 531–550
| publisher =
| date = September 1998 | date = September 1998
| doi =10.1177/0022343398035005001
| url =
| doi = | s2cid = 145381925
}}
| id =
| accessdate = }}
</ref> </ref>


The work is cited in other books and academic journal articles in various contexts including ] and ], ] and ] in ]s and ]s, ] among descendants of ], participation in ] and others. The work is cited in other books and academic journal articles in various contexts including ] and ] in religions, ]s and ]s, ] among descendants of ], participation in ] and others.


== Reviews == == Reviews ==
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|title= Sacred Journeys, Book Review |title= Sacred Journeys, Book Review
|publisher=Review of Religious Research |publisher=Review of Religious Research
|Volume= 21 |volume= 21
|issue= 3 |issue= 3
|pages=pp.373-4 |pages=373–4
|date =Summer, ] |date =Summer 1980
}}</ref></blockquote> }}</ref></blockquote>
''Sacred Journeys'' was also reviewed in ''The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science''.<ref>{{cite journal ''Sacred Journeys'' was also reviewed in ''The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science''.<ref>{{cite journal
| last = Wallace, Jr. | last = Wallace, Jr.
| first = Dewey D. | first = Dewey D.
| authorlink =
| coauthors =
| title = James V. Downton, Jr. Sacred Journeys : The Conversion of Young Americans to Divine Light Mission | title = James V. Downton, Jr. Sacred Journeys : The Conversion of Young Americans to Divine Light Mission
| journal = The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science | journal = The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
| volume = 447 | volume = 447
| issue = 1 | issue = 1
| pages = 133-134 | pages = 133–134
| publisher = | year = 1980
| date = 1980
| url =
| doi = 10.1177/000271628044700146 | doi = 10.1177/000271628044700146
| id = | s2cid = 143804722
}}
| accessdate = }}
</ref>

== Cited in secondary works ==
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] cited the work, in her ''Religous Movements: Cult and Anticult Since Jonestown'' (1986), referring to the growing body of descriptions and analysis of new religious movements that provide invaluable references for sociologists. <ref>{{cite journal
| last = Barker
| first = Eileen
| authorlink =Eileen Barker
| coauthors =
| title = Religious Movements: Cult and Anticult Since Jonestown
| journal = Annual Review of Sociology
| volume = 12
| issue =
| pages = 334
| publisher =
| date = 1986
| url =
| doi =
| id =
| accessdate = }}
</ref>.

] cited the book in an article about the ].<ref>{{cite journal
| last = Richardson
| first = James T.
| authorlink = James T. Richardson
| coauthors =
| title = People's Temple and Jonestown: A Corrective Comparison and Critique
| journal = Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
| volume = 19
| issue = 3
| pages = 239-255
| publisher =
| date = September 1980
| url =
| doi =10.2307/1385862
| id =
| accessdate = }}
</ref> ] and ] cited the work in an article in ''Social Problems'', analyzing theories behind ] and ].<ref>{{cite journal
| last = Robbins
| first = Thomas
| authorlink = Thomas Robbins
| coauthors = ]
| title = Deprogramming, Brainwashing and the Medicalization of Deviant Religious Groups
| journal = Social Problems
| volume = 29
| issue = 3
| pages = 283-297
| publisher =
| date = February 1982
| url =
| doi =
| id =
| accessdate = }}
</ref> ] also cited the work in an article discussing religious conversion and brainwashing<ref>{{cite journal
| last = Hadden
| first = Jeffrey K.
| authorlink = Jeffrey K. Hadden
| coauthors = Theodore E. Long
| title = Religious Conversion and the Concept of Socialization: Integrating the Brainwashing and Drift Models
| journal = Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
| volume = 22
| issue = 1
| pages = 1-14
| publisher =
| date = March 1983
| url =
| doi = 10.2307/1385588
| id =
| accessdate = }}
</ref>, as did ].<ref>{{cite journal
| last = Zablocki
| first = Benjamin
| authorlink = Benjamin Zablocki
| coauthors =
| title = The Blacklisting of a Concept: The Strange History of the Brainwashing Conjecture in the Sociology of Religion
| journal = Nova Religio
| volume = 1
| issue = 1
| pages = 96-121
| publisher =
| date = October 1997
| url =
| doi =10.1525/nr.1997.1.1.96
| id =
| accessdate = }}
</ref> ''Sacred Journeys'' is cited by Kaslow and Schwartz in an article in ''Marriage and Family Review'', discussing affects of what they call the cult phenomenon, on families and their sociological development.<ref>{{cite journal
| last = Schwartz, Ph.D.
| first = Lita Lintzer
| authorlink =
| coauthors = ]
| title = The Cult Phenomenon
| journal = Marriage and Family Review
| volume = 4
| issue = 3/4
| pages = 3-30
| publisher = The Haworth Press
| date = July 6, 1982
| url =
| doi = 10.1300/J002v04n03_02
| id = {{ISSN|0149-4929}}
| accessdate = }}
</ref> ''Sacred Journeys'' is cited in the book '']'', discussing how the Divine Light Mission was similar to ] ] traditions, as well as the nature in which individuals join or leave the group.<ref>{{cite book
| last = Kaslow
| first = Florence W.
| authorlink = Florence W. Kaslow
| coauthors = Marvin B. Sussman
| title = ]
| publisher = Haworth Press
| date = 1982
| location =
| pages = 10, 28, 72, 73
| url =
| doi =
| id = ISBN 0917724550}}
</ref> ] ] also cited the work, in the ] published work, '']''<ref>{{cite book
| last = Galanter
| first = Marc
| authorlink = Marc Galanter (MD)
| coauthors =
| title = ]
| publisher = ]
| date = 1989
| location =
| pages = 142
| url =
| doi =
| id = ISBN 0890422125}}
</ref>, and ] referenced the work in his book, '']''.<ref>{{cite book
| last = Wilson
| first = Bryan R.
| authorlink = Bryan R. Wilson
| coauthors =
| title = ]
| publisher = ]
| date = 1992
| location =
| pages = 209
| url =
| doi =
| id = ISBN 0198278837}}
</ref> Barbour also references the work in his book, '']'', in the chapter on cults and deprogramming.<ref>{{cite book
| last = Barbour
| first = John D.
| authorlink =
| coauthors =
| title = ]
| publisher = University of Virginia Press
| date = 1994
| location =
| pages = 230
| url =
| doi =
| id = ISBN 0813915465}}</ref>

The book was also cited in ''Pastoral Psychology'', in an article discussing ].<ref>{{cite journal
| last = Rambo
| first = Lewis R.
| authorlink =
| coauthors =
| title = Conversion: Toward a holistic model of religious change
| journal = Pastoral Psychology
| volume = 38
| issue = 1
| pages = 47-63
| publisher =
| date = September 1989
| url =
| doi = 10.1007/BF01040947
| id =
| accessdate = }}</ref>, and an article in ''Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion'' cited the work in a discussion of active and passive converts to religion, and the dynamic between recruitment, and conversion.<ref>{{cite journal
| last = Richardson
| first = James T.
| authorlink =
| coauthors =
| title = The Active vs. Passive Convert: Paradigm Conflict in Conversion/Recruitment Research
| journal = Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
| volume = 24
| issue = 2
| pages = 163-179
| publisher =
| date = June 1985
| url =
| doi =10.2307/1386340
| id =
| accessdate = }}
</ref> In the ''Journal of Personality'', the work was cited in an analysis of religious conversion as related to changes in an individual's personality.<ref>{{cite journal
| last = Paloutzian
| first = RF
| authorlink =
| coauthors = James T. Richardson, Lewis R. Rambo
| title = Religious Conversion and Personality Change
| journal = Journal of Personality
| volume = 67
| issue = 6
| pages = 1047-1079
| publisher =
| date = 1999
| url =
| doi =
| id = {{ISSN|0022-3506}}
| accessdate = }}
</ref> In another article in the ''Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion'', the book is cited in the context of participation in a religion as related to an individual's ] ] and the ] of their personality.<ref>{{cite journal
| last = Pargament
| first = Kenneth I.
| authorlink =
| coauthors = Robert E. Steele, Forrest B. Tyler
| title = Religious Participation, Religious Motivation and Individual Psychosocial Competence
| journal = Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
| volume = 18
| issue = 4
| pages = 412-419
| publisher =
| date = December 1979
| url =
| doi =10.2307/1386365
| id =
| accessdate = }}
</ref> In an article in the ''Review of Religious Research'', the authors cited the work in the context of analyzing religious conversion to ]s, and how potential recruits weigh the pros and cons of joining a new group versus not joining.<ref>{{cite journal
| last = Gartrell
| first = C. David
| authorlink =
| coauthors = Zane K. Shannon
| title = Contacts, Cognitions, and Conversion: A Rational Choice Approach
| journal = Review of Religious Research
| volume = 27
| issue = 1
| pages = 32-48
| publisher =
| date = September 1985
| url =
| doi = 10.2307/3511936
| id =
| accessdate = }}
</ref>

Women's Studies professor Janet Liebman Jacobs cited the work in the ''Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion'', while analyzing ] among descendants of Spanish Jews<ref>{{cite journal
| last = Liebman Jacobs
| first = Janet
| authorlink =
| coauthors =
| title = The Spiritual Self-In-Relation: Empathy and the Construction of Spirituality Among Modern Descendants of the Spanish Crypto-Jews
| journal = Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
| volume = 39
| issue = 1
| pages = 53-63
| publisher =
| date = March 2000
| url =
| doi = 10.1111/0021-8294.00005
| id =
| accessdate = }}</ref>, and cited the work again in the same journal in a different article, analyzing ] as related to an individual's desire to leave a religious group.<ref>{{cite journal
| last = Janet
| first = Jacobs
| authorlink =
| coauthors =
| title = Deconversion from Religious Movements: An Analysis of Charismatic Bonding and Spiritual Commitment
| journal = Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
| volume = 26
| issue = 3
| pages = 294-308
| publisher =
| date = September 1987
| url =
| doi =10.2307/1386433
| id =
| accessdate = }}
</ref> </ref>


== See also == == See also ==
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== References == == References ==
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== External links == == External links ==
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Latest revision as of 08:06, 3 January 2025

Book by James V. Downton Jr.
Sacred Journeys
Book cover
AuthorJames V. Downton, Jr.
LanguageEnglish
SubjectDivine Light Mission,
Guru Maharaj Ji
GenreSociology, Religious conversion
PublisherColumbia University Press
Publication dateJuly 1979
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeHardcover
Pages245
ISBN978-0-231-04198-0
OCLC4638881

Sacred Journeys: The Conversion of Young Americans to Divine Light Mission is a sociological book about the adherents of the Divine Light Mission in the 1970s. In the work, author James V. Downton, Jr. analyzes a sample group of young Americans, and their conversion process to the ideals of the Divine Light Mission and their relationship with Guru Maharaj Ji, currently known as Prem Rawat.

Downton, a sociologist and professor emeritus of Sociology at the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Colorado at Boulder, spent one month in an ashram and relied on interviews with eighteen followers, presenting a "vivid picture of the social and psychologically dynamics which led to their spiritual awakening". He followed the mission for a period of five years chronicling the followers' personal changes and the evolution of the movement itself. Downton himself later wrote an article in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, which explored these issues further. Downton also cited the work again, with co-author Wehr, in an article in Journal of Peace Research analyzing social activism and its relationship to pacifism.

The work is cited in other books and academic journal articles in various contexts including religious conversion and de-conversion in religions, cults and new religious movements, spirituality among descendants of Spanish Jews, participation in religion and others.

Reviews

Review of Religious Research

Sacred Journeys is a study of conversion into the Divine Light Mission. It includes follow-up information on persons who remained and those who left the movement. The book represents the work of a well-intentioned, compassionate sociologist living in a town where many important events of the Divine Light Mission were occurring. The book has no great insights, no definitive findings and no challenging hypotheses. He skillfully intersperses quotations from the guru with his comments. In doing these things, he achieves more than sometimes in the making of books. Review of Religious Research, Vol. 21, No. 3. (Summer, 1980).

Sacred Journeys was also reviewed in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

See also

References

  1. ^ Garrison, E. Charles (Summer 1980). "Sacred Journeys, Book Review". 21 (3). Review of Religious Research. The basic information was gathered in 1972 with follow-up information gathered in 1976. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "Catalog". University of Colorado at Boulder. 2007.
  3. Downton, Jr., James V. (July 1979). Sacred Journeys: The Conversion of Young Americans to Divine Light Mission. Columbia University Press. pp. Inner flap. ISBN 978-0-231-04198-0.
  4. Downton, Jr., James V. (December 1980). "An Evolutionary Theory of Spiritual Conversion and Commitment: The Case of Divine Light Mission". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 19 (4): 381–396. doi:10.2307/1386132. JSTOR 1386132.
  5. Downton, Jr., James V.; Paul Wehr (September 1998). "Persistent Pacifism: How Activist Commitment Is Developed and Sustained". Journal of Peace Research. 35 (5): 531–550. doi:10.1177/0022343398035005001. S2CID 145381925.
  6. Garrison, E. Charles (Summer 1980). "Sacred Journeys, Book Review". 21 (3). Review of Religious Research: 373–4. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. Wallace, Jr., Dewey D. (1980). "James V. Downton, Jr. Sacred Journeys : The Conversion of Young Americans to Divine Light Mission". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 447 (1): 133–134. doi:10.1177/000271628044700146. S2CID 143804722.

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