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Religion, Sects, Cults, and Other Searches

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A people bombarded with evidence of moral disintegration and debased values everywhere will scurry for answers. Funks and malaises, such as we’re now experiencing, produce mystical panaceas. If there is one thing certain, it is that selfseekers will arrive with nostrums.

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Bouza, T. (1996). Religion, Sects, Cults, and Other Searches. In: The Decline and Fall of the American Empire. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6034-4_8

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