Alcoholics Anonymous : cult or cure? /
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Author / Creator: | Bufe, Charles. |
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Edition: | 2nd ed. rev. & expanded. |
Imprint: | Tucson, Ariz. : See Sharp Press, 1998. |
Description: | 204 pages ; 23 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11062892 |
ISBN: | 1884365124 9781884365126 |
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Summary: | Examines the recovery program, discusses its philosophy regarding a "higher power," and argues that it is not always as effective as proponents claim, and shows many--but not all--of the characteristics of a cult, especially in its institutional forms. |
Other form: | Online version: Bufe, Charles. Alcoholics Anonymous. 2nd ed. rev. & expanded. Tucson, Ariz. : See Sharp Press, 1998 |
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