road total freedom road total freedom analysis non fiction book originally published republished original manuscript product doctoral research oxford review original manuscript leaders edits passages publication book degree views legitimate degree external society regarded organization respectable furthermore provides history organization including discussion movement founded discusses appeal practice compares therapy finally examines shifted cult sect structure authoritarian nature management organization researching book guardian office intelligence agency investigated assigned individual undercover agent pretended student teaching agent involved illegal drugs later discovered forged letters sent designed controversial acts assumed reaction guardian road total freedom received generally positive reception book reviews media coverage acknowledged displayed characteristic skill bringing large information analysis similarly choice current reviews academic libraries described author research important called analysis student appropriate scholarly apparatus research completed doctoral studies university_of_oxford author research new religious movements began 1970s study performed research subject doctoral thesis later printed road total freedom study led article britain research began attempt participant observation enrolled communications course facility saint hill manor left days willing lie reaction course content collect data circulated survey post reviewed extensive published material interviewed current members including sister law founder finished initial manuscript road total freedom provided representatives leadership copy negotiated leaders agreed certain sections book edited total approximately sections book edited input leaders fact public time book publication content book brings significant information presents analysis church sect structure simultaneously exhibited cult pattern book presents critical analysis introduces argument individuals intrigued reasons level organization viewed sincere structure degree external society saw respectable opposed nature road total freedom begins history explores context belief system organizational structure form social control describes founder asserted originality entire theory practice acknowledges having influenced general way writers compares practice therapy process memories unearthed usually aid improving mental patient author goes explain individuals attracted precursor notes offered rationale failure social mobility social interaction provided explanation terms traumatic incidents individual involved relieved responsibility failure participated research identified areas life hoped improve including loneliness financial difficulties marital issues relationships psychological problems physical illness describes thought process turn religion noting theory techniques moving increasingly direction notes focus previously involved movement points instructed members immediately tell new followers familiar belief existence prior lives continues argument transitional period organization underwent describes transformed cult sect explains patterns membership leaving group structure authoritarian managerial control organization seen developed result perceived problems society characterizes management system elaborate imposing bureaucratic structure describes process referred individuals maintain perceptions reality belief system notes individual believers kept organization management techniques shield members external society exposure members reality external organization presents major challenge legitimacy validity definition reality unusually study book features believing member organisation fellow called procedures conclusions saying alleged errors indicative decline method deliberate invites reader compare road total freedom asking alive hopeful scientifically objective response author writes researching book individuals intelligence agency called guardian office investigated author notes book religion contemporary world introduction gave graphic accounts attempts members discredit personally professionally suppress research findings undercover agent went teacher individual pretended student asked involved illegal drugs recognized individual facility saint hill manor agent switched cover asserted actually article research titled moral career research project details occurred incident weeks following visit number forged letters came light supposedly written letters sent university employers colleagues implicated variety acts homosexual love affair drug squad enemies attention followed closely paper organization difficult source attempts according publication book accepted office reasonable fair provided copy book organization reception book mentor described road total freedom thorough study early development organization encyclopedia religion society noted displayed characteristic skill large diverse material reworking classic church sect writing future religion revival cult formation authors characterized book major scholarly study review describes book convenient respects convincing account history comments succeed formidable task giving reader rounded picture like believing member analysis like subject matter mechanical follows particular pattern review observes explore parallels psychological theories screening processes communist china recommends book interesting compared subject initiation rites including dismisses book background material religious choice current reviews academic libraries noted book research study important theoretically grounded review noted book good concluded book recommended academic libraries compared book author commented road total freedom scholarly documented work concluded record chilling speaks popular treatment analysis student appropriate scholarly apparatus review commented valuable book writing published commented study cold calm academic subject cited book reference decision relating criminal defendant member died obituary independent noted road total freedom stands classic good field research
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