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Dissident Sectarian Movements, the Catholic Church, and Social Class in Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2009

Kaja Finkler
Kaja Finkler
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Eastern Michigan University
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The prevalence and attraction of dissident sectarian movements today raises anumber of significant questions about both their participants and their role incontemporary society. The present study examines one such group, the Spiritualistsof Mexico, who form not only a dissident religious movement butalso provide an important health care delivery system (Finkler 1980b, 1981a,1981c, 1983). While the Mexican example is the focus of our attention, the discussion has broader implications because movements of the Spiritualist type exist in many cultures (e.g., Berger 1969; Burridge.1969; LaBarre 1971; Lanternari 1963, 1974; Lewis 1971; Wilson 1963).

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Religious Dissidents
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Comparative Studies in Society and History , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 1983 , pp. 277 - 305
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Copyright © Society for the Comparative Study of Society and History 1983

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