Bryan R. Wilson

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

The focus of his research were religious sects and new religious movements.

One of his last works is a comparative analysis of religious doctrine and the 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 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 teachings 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 Centre ).
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