Extraordinary Groups

by W. W. Zellner; William M. Kephart

• ISBN13: 9780312133177
• ISBN10: 0312133170
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-11-01
• Publisher: VHP

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
About the Author	xiii
Introduction	1	(4)
The Old Order Amish	5	(47)
Early History	5	(2)
``. . . A Peculiar People''	7	(7)
The Amish Farmstead	14	(6)
Leisure and Recreation	20	(5)
Religious Customs	25	(5)
Sanctions	30	(1)
Courtship and Marriage	31	(3)
The Amish Family System	34	(5)
Education and Socialization	39	(4)
Amish Problems	43	(4)
The Future	47	(5)
Selected Readings	49	(3)
The Oneida Community	52	(44)
Background	52	(1)
Putney	53	(3)
Oneida	56	(2)
Primary-Group Interaction	58	(2)
Decision Making	60	(3)
Role of Women	63	(2)
Membership and Secession	65	(2)
Mutual Criticism	67	(3)
Economic Communism	70	(5)
Complex Marriage	75	(6)
Complex Marriage: Unanswered Questions	81	(3)
The Eugenics Program	84	(3)
Child Rearing	87	(2)
The End of the Road	89	(3)
The Aftermath	92	(1)
The Oneida Community: A Contemporary Assessment	93	(3)
Selected Readings	94	(2)
The Gypsies	96	(41)
Who Are the Gypsies?	98	(5)
Difficulties in Studying the Rom	103	(2)
Marime	105	(4)
Family and Social Organization	109	(3)
Arranged Marriages and the Bride Price	112	(3)
Economic Organization	115	(3)
Quasi-Legal and Illegal Activities	118	(2)
Lifestyle	120	(4)
Social Control	124	(4)
Prejudice and Discrimination	128	(4)
Adaptability: The Gypsy Trademark	132	(1)
The Future	133	(4)
Selected Readings	135	(2)
Church of Christ, Scientist	137	(30)
Mary Baker Eddy	138	(3)
Unfolding of Christian Science	141	(3)
Apostates and Other Critics	144	(2)
Building the Mother Church and Other Institutions	146	(3)
The Christian Science Monitor	149	(1)
Mary Baker Eddy's Legacy	150	(2)
Organization	152	(2)
Terminology	154	(3)
Who Are Christian Scientists?	157	(1)
Contemporary Problems	158	(2)
Freedom of Belief versus Freedom to Act	160	(1)
Does Spiritual Healing Work?	161	(1)
Recent Problems	162	(2)
The Future	164	(3)
Selected Readings	165	(2)
The Hasidim	167	(31)
Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov---The Besht	168	(1)
Rabbi Dov Baer	168	(1)
The Tzaddikim	169	(2)
The End in Europe---A Beginning in America	171	(1)
The Chosen People	171	(4)
Education	175	(5)
Courtship and Marriage	180	(1)
Sexual Norms	181	(1)
The Role of Women	182	(3)
Employment	185	(1)
Hasidic Problems	186	(2)
Neighbor Problems	188	(3)
Lubavitchers and Satmarers	191	(1)
Death of a Rebbe	192	(2)
Zionism	194	(1)
The Future	195	(3)
Selected Readings	196	(2)
The Father Divine Movement	198	(42)
The Communion Banquet	199	(4)
The George Baker Story	203	(3)
The New York Maelstrom	206	(1)
Name Changes	207	(1)
The Myth	208	(1)
Sayville---The Turning Point	208	(4)
Why They Joined	212	(3)
The Economic Structure	215	(3)
Social Organization and Nomenclature	218	(1)
No Sex---No Marriage---No Family	219	(2)
The Rewards	221	(1)
Enemies and Defectors	222	(3)
Scope and Operation of the Movement	225	(3)
Mother Divine	228	(2)
Father Divine: The Man and the God	230	(5)
The Movement: Weaknesses and Strengths	235	(2)
The Present Scene	237	(3)
Selected Readings	238	(2)
The Mormons	240	(47)
The ``Burned-Over'' District	240	(2)
Joseph Smith---Man of Controversy	242	(4)
Formation of the Church	246	(1)
The Aftermath---And Brigham Young	247	(1)
``This Is the Right Place''	248	(1)
Polygamy	249	(5)
The End of Plural Marriage	254	(3)
Organization of LDS	257	(4)
Vitality of the Family	261	(3)
Distinctive Mormon Customs	264	(6)
Some Mormon Problems	270	(9)
Mormonism Today	279	(4)
The Outlook	283	(4)
Selected Readings	284	(3)
The Jehovah's Witnesses	287	(32)
Charles Russell	287	(4)
Witnesses and the Federal Government	291	(1)
Organization	292	(3)
Finances	295	(2)
What Witnesses Believe	297	(3)
Social Characteristics	300	(6)
Gaining Converts and Maintaining the Faith	306	(5)
The Religious Perspective	311	(1)
The Meetings	312	(3)
Argots	315	(1)
Armageddon	316	(3)
Selected Readings	317	(2)
Index	319