Bryan R. Wilson

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Bryan Ronald Wilson (born June 25, 1926 in Leeds , † October 9, 2004 in Middleton Stoney , Oxfordshire ) was a British sociologist of religion . He was a lecturer at All Souls College and Associate Professor of Sociology at Oxford University . From 1971 to 1975 he was President of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion. In 1994 he was elected a member ( Fellow ) of the British Academy .

The focus of his research was on so-called sects and new religious movements .

One of his final works is an analysis of the religious doctrine and doctrine of Scientology .

Works

  • Sects and Society. A Sociological Study of Three Religious Groups in Britain. William Heinemann, London 1961
  • Religion in Secular Society. A Sociological Comment. Pelican, London 1966
  • As editor: Patterns of Sectarianism. London 1967
  • Religious sects. Kindler, Munich 1970 (Kindler's University Library)
  • The Youth Culture and the Universities. Faber and Faber, London 1970
  • Magic and the Millennium. A sociological study of religious movements of protest among tribal and third-world peoples. Heinemann, London 1973
  • The Social Dimensions of Sectarianism. Sects and new religious movements in contemporary society. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1990
  • Scientology. Comparative analysis of their religious doctrine and doctrine. Freedom Publ., Los Angeles 1996
  • Bryan Wilson, Jamie Cresswell (Eds.): New Religious Movements. Challenge and response. Routledge, London 1999 (in collaboration with the Institute of Oriental Philosophy European Center.)

literature

  • Eileen Barker, James A. Beckford, Karel Dobbelaere (Eds.): Secularization, Rationalism and Sectarianism. Essays in honor of Bryan R. Wilson. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1993, ISBN 0-19-827721-0
  • Eileen Barker: Bryan Ronald Wilson, 1926-2004 . In: Proceedings of the British Academy . tape 161 , 2009, p. 381-401 ( thebritishacademy.ac.uk [PDF]).

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personal data
SURNAME Wilson, Bryan R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilson, Bryan Ronald (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British sociologist of religion
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Leeds
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 2004
Place of death Middleton Stoney , Oxfordshire