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Revision as of 01:13, 30 May 2007

Sacred Journeys
Book coverBook cover
AuthorJames V. Downton, Jr.
LanguageEnglish
SubjectDivine Light Mission,
Guru Maharaj Ji
Genrenon-fiction
PublisherColumbia University Press
Publication dateJuly 1979
Publication place United States
Media typeHardcover
Pages245
ISBNISBN 978-0-231-04198-0 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character

Sacred Journeys: The Conversion of Young Americans to Divine Light Mission is a non-fiction 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 at the University of Colorado, 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, brainwashing and deprogramming in 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.

Cited in secondary works

External links

References

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Back cover of the book
  1. ^ Garrison, E. Charles (Summer, 1980). "Sacred Journeys, Book Review" (3.). Review of Religious Research. The basic information was gathered in 1972 with follow-up information gathered in 1976. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Unknown parameter |Volume= ignored (|volume= suggested) (help)
  2. 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. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. 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. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. Downton, Jr., James V. (September 1998). "Persistent Pacifism: How Activist Commitment Is Developed and Sustained". Journal of Peace Research. 35 (5): 531–550. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  5. Garrison, E. Charles (Summer, 1980). "Sacred Journeys, Book Review" (3). Review of Religious Research: pp.373-4. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Unknown parameter |Volume= ignored (|volume= suggested) (help)
  6. 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. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

See also

Prem Rawat (related topics)
Teachings
Books
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