Editing Prem Rawat (section)

== Further reading ==
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* {{Cite news|last=Aagaard|first=Johannes|title=Who Is Who in Guruism?|periodical=Update: A Quarterly Journal on New Religious Movements|volume=IV|issue=3|publisher=[[Dialog Center|Dialogcentret]]|year=1980|url=http://www.dci.dk/index.php?view=article&catid=142&id=333&option=com_content&Itemid=36|access-date=7 July 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206070040/http://www.dci.dk/index.php?view=article&catid=142&id=333&option=com_content&Itemid=36|archive-date=6 December 2008}}
* {{Cite book |publisher = University Press of Virginia |isbn = 978-0-8139-1546-3| last = Barbour |first = John D. |title = Versions of deconversion : autobiography and the loss of faith |location = Charlottesville |year = 1994}}
* {{Cite book |publisher = Cassell; Distributed in the United States by Sterling Pub. |isbn = 978-0-304-35592-1  |last = Barrett |first = David V. | author-link = David V. Barrett |title = The new believers : a survey of sects, cults, and alternative religions |location = London; New York, NY |year = 2001|title-link = The New Believers }}
* {{Cite book |publisher = Sage Publications;Unesco |isbn = 978-0-8039-8003-7 |last = Beckford |first = James |author2 = International Sociological Association. |title = New religious movements and rapid social change |location = London;Beverly Hills, Calif.; Paris, France |year = 1986 |url = https://archive.org/details/newreligiousmove00reli }}
* {{Cite book |publisher = Rosen Pub. Group |isbn = 978-0-8239-1505-7 |last = Beit-Hallahmi |first = Benjamin |author-link = Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi |title = The illustrated encyclopedia of active new religions, sects, and cults |location = New York |year = 1993 |url = https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc00beit }}
* Björkqvist, K (1990): "World-rejection, world-affirmation, and goal displacement: some aspects of change in three new religions movements of Hindu origin." In {{Cite book | publisher = Åbo akademi | isbn = 978-951-649-731-3 |  last = Holm | first = Nils G.| title = Encounter with India : studies in neohinduism | location = Åbo | series = Religionsvetenskapliga skrifter, nr 20 | year = 1990|pages=79–99 }}
* Bowker, John (Ed.), ''The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions'', Oxford University Press, New York (1997) {{ISBN|0-19-213965-7}}
* [[David G. Bromley|Bromley, David G.]] and [[Anson Shupe|Anson D. Shupe, Jr.]] ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=DKfXAAAAMAAJ Strange Gods: The Great American Cult Scare]'' Beacon Press, Boston 1981 {{ISBN|080-703-256-5}}
* {{Cite book |publisher = Mercer University Press |isbn = 978-0-86554-237-2 |last = Bromley |first = David|author2 = New Ecumenical Research Association (Unification Theological Seminary)|author3 = Phillip E. Hammond |title = The Future of new religious movements |location = Macon Ga. |year = 1987}}
* {{cite book |author=Bromley, David G. |title=Teaching New Religious Movements (Aar Teaching Religious Studies Series) |publisher=An American Academy of Religion Book |year=2007 |page=156 |isbn=978-0-19-517729-9 }}
*{{cite book|publisher=Mighty River|last=Cagan|first=Andrea|title=Peace is Possible, The Life and Message of Prem Rawat|year=2007|isbn=978-0-9788694-9-6}}
* {{Cite book| publisher = Bantam Books| last = Cameron| first = Charles| title = Who is Guru Maharaj Ji?| location = New York| year = 1973 | title-link = Who Is Guru Maharaj Ji? (book)}}
* Carrol, Peter N. ''Nothing Happened: The Tragedy and Promise of America in the 1970s'', Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1982), {{ISBN|0-03-058319-5}}
* {{Cite book |publisher = Scarecrow Press |isbn = 978-0-8108-4095-9 |last = Chryssides |first = George D. |author-link = George D. Chryssides |title = Historical dictionary of new religious movements |location = Lanham, Md. |series = Historical dictionaries of religions, philosophies, and movements, no. 42 |year = 2001 |url-access = registration |url = https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000chry }}
* {{Cite book |publisher = Ethnographica |isbn = 978-0-905788-60-9 |last = Clarke |first = Peter B. |author2 = King's College (University of London). Dept. for the History and Philosophy of Religion. |title = The New evangelists : recruitment methods & aims of new religious movements. |location = London |year = 1987}}
* {{Cite book |edition = 1st |publisher = Morrow |isbn = 978-0-688-03276-0 |last = Collier |first = Sophia| author-link = Sophia Collier |title = Soul rush : the odyssey of a young woman of the '70s |location = New York |year = 1978|title-link = Soul Rush (book) }}
* {{Cite book |publisher = [[Columbia University Press]] |isbn = 978-0-231-04198-0 |last = Downton |first = James V. | author-link = James V. Downton|title = Sacred journeys: the conversion of young Americans to Division Light Mission |location = New York |year = 1979|title-link = Sacred Journeys (book) }}
* {{Cite journal|title=Hans Jayanti|last=DUO staff|year=2000|publisher=Divine United Organization|location=New Delhi|pages=24–37|ref=Book published in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Hans Ji Maharaj's birth}}
* {{Cite journal| issn = 0038-0210| volume = 47| issue = 2| pages = 111–124| last = DuPertuis| first = Lucy| title = How People Recognize Charisma: The Case of Darshan in Radhasoami and Divine Light Mission| journal = Sociological Analysis| year = 1986| jstor = 3711456| doi = 10.2307/3711456| publisher = Oxford University Press}}
* {{Cite book |publisher = Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub. |isbn = 978-0-8028-2413-4 |last = Fahlbusch |first = Erwin. |author2 = Geoffrey William. Bromiley |title = Eerdmans encyclopedia of Christianity |location = Grand Rapids, Mich. |year = 1998 |url-access = registration |url = https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofch0001unse_t6f2 }}
* Frankiel, Sandra S. in Lippy, Charles H. and Williams. Peter W. (Eds.) ''Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience'', p.&nbsp;1521, Charles Scribner's Sons (1988), {{ISBN|0-684-18863-5}} (Vol III)
* {{Cite book |publisher = [[Oxford University Press]] |isbn = 978-0-19-512369-2 |last = Galanter |first = Marc| author-link = Marc Galanter (psychiatrist) |title = Cults: Faith, Healing and Coercion |location = New York |year = 1999|title-link = Cults: Faith, Healing and Coercion }}
* {{Cite journal| volume = 7| issue = 3| pages = 45–62| last = Geaves| first = Ron| author-link = Ron Geaves| title = From Divine Light Mission to Elan Vital and Beyond: An Exploration of Change and Adaptation| journal = Nova Religio| date = March 2004| doi = 10.1525/nr.2004.7.3.45}}
* [[Ron Geaves|Geaves, Ron]] (2006a). "Globalization, charisma, innovation, and tradition: An exploration of the transformations in the organisational vehicles for the transmission of the teachings of Prem Rawat (Maharaji)" in ''Journal of Alternative Spiritualities and New Age Studies - Volume 2'', 2006, {{ISBN|978-1-4196-2696-8}}, pp.&nbsp;44–62. {{cite web|url=http://www.asanas.org.uk/files/002geaves.pdf|title=Online version at the 'Alternative Spiritualities and New Age Studies Association' website|access-date=14 June 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627145415/http://www.asanas.org.uk/files/002geaves.pdf|archive-date=27 June 2008}}
* [[Ron Geaves|Geaves, Ron]] (2006b). "From Guru Maharaj Ji to Prem Rawat: Paradigm Shifts over the Period of 40 Years as a 'Master'". In: {{cite book| last1 = Gallagher | first1 = Eugene V. | last2 = Ashcraft | first2 = W. Michael (eds.) | title = Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America | place = Westport CT | publisher = Greenwood Press | year = 2006 | volume = 4 | pages = 63–84 | isbn = 0-275-98712-4}}
* [[Ron Geaves|Geaves, Ron]]. "From Totapuri to Maharaji: Reflections on a Lineage (Parampara)" in Indian Religions: Renaissance and Revival, ed. Anna King. London: Equinox, 2007
* [[Ron Geaves|Geaves, Ron]]. ''"Forget Transmitted Memory: The De-traditionalised 'Religion' of Prem Rawat"'' in ''Journal of Contemporary Religion'', Vol. 24/1, 2009
* {{Cite book| publisher = Wordsworth| isbn = 978-1-85326-354-5| last = Goring| first = Rosemary| title = The Wordsworth dictionary of beliefs and religions| location = Ware, Hertfordshire [England]| series = Wordsworth Reference| year = 1995| url = https://archive.org/details/wordsworthdictio0000unse}}
* {{cite news | last = Gray | first =  Francine du Plessix | author-link = Francine du Plessix Gray  | title = Blissing Out in Houston  | work = [[New York Review of Books]]| date = 13 December 1973 | url = http://www.nybooks.com/articles/article-preview?article_id=9652 }}
* {{in lang|nl}} Haan, Wim, ''De missie van het Goddelijk licht van goeroe Maharaj Ji: een subjektieve duiding from the series Religieuze bewegingen in Nederland'' Feiten en Visies nr. 3, autumn 1981 (Dutch language) {{ISBN|90-242-2341-5}}. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928020334/http://www.bezinningscentrum.nl/teksten/wim/divinelightmission.pdf Available online via Wim Haan's webpages at a website of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam]
* Hadden, Jeffrey K. and Elliot III, Eugene M., ''Divine Light Mission/Elan Vital'' in {{Cite book| publisher = ABC-CLIO| isbn = 978-1-57607-223-3 | last = Melton| first = J. Gordon.| author2 = Martin. Baumann| title = Religions of the world : a comprehensive encyclopedia of beliefs and practices| location = Santa Barbara, Calif.| year = 2002}}
* {{Cite book| publisher = Penguin Books| isbn = 978-0-14-051261-8| last = Hinnells| first = John R.| title = The Penguin dictionary of religions| location = London, England; New York, N.Y., U.S.A.| series = Penguin reference books| year = 1997}}
* {{Cite book |publisher = Ashgate |isbn = 978-0-7546-3409-6 |last = Hunt |first = Stephen | author-link = Stephen J. Hunt|title = Alternative religions : a sociological introduction |location = Aldershot, Hampshire, England; Burlington, VT |year = 2003}}
* {{Cite book |publisher = Syracuse University Press |isbn = 978-0-8156-2923-8 |last = Kent |first = Stephen A. | author-link = Stephen A. Kent|title = From slogans to mantras : social protest and religious conversion in the late Vietnam War era |location = Syracuse, N.Y. |series = Religion and politics |year = 2001|title-link = From Slogans to Mantras }}
* {{in lang|nl}} [[Reender Kranenborg|Kranenborg, Reender]] Dr. (1982) ''Oosterse Geloofsbewegingen in het Westen'' ("Eastern faith movements in the West") (Dutch language) {{ISBN|90-210-4965-1}}
* {{in lang|nl}} Kranenborg, Reender, ''Neohindoeïstische bewegingen in Nederland: een encyclopedisch overzicht'', Kampen Kok cop. (2002)
* {{in lang|nl}} Lammers, Jos. "Het concern van Guru Maharaj ji: Vijf jaar zakenman in dienst van de verlichting" in ''[[Haagse Post]]'' 68/7, 1981-02-14, pp.&nbsp;48–53.
* Lans, Jan van der and Dr. Frans Derks, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20080213223249/http://www.dci.dk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=599:premies-versus-sannyasins&catid=163&Itemid=36 Premies Versus Sannyasins]" in ''Update: A Quarterly Journal on New Religious Movements'', X/2 (June 1986)
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* {{Cite book |publisher = Routledge |isbn = 978-0-415-05181-1 |last = Lipner |first = Julius J.| author-link=Julius J. Lipner|title = Hindus : their religious beliefs and practices |location = London; New York |series = Library of religious beliefs and practices |year = 1994}}
* {{Cite book| publisher = M.E. Sharpe| isbn = 978-0-7656-0151-3| last = Lippy| first = Charles H.| title = Pluralism comes of age : American religious culture in the twentieth century| location = Armonk, N.Y.| year = 2002}}
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* Macgregor, John. "Blinded by the Light" in ''[[Good Weekend (Sydney Morning Herald)|Good Weekend]]'', Sydney (Australia), 31 August 2002.
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* {{Cite news| last = Morgan| first = Ted |author-link = Ted Morgan (writer)| title = Oz in the Astrodome; The guru enthroned| access-date = 14 October 2008| date = 9 December 1973| url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60917F6395D127A93CBA91789D95F478785F9&scp=1&sq=astrodome+oz&st=p| work=The New York Times}}
* [[Spencer J. Palmer|Palmer, Spencer J.]] and [[Roger R. Keller|Keller, R. R.]], ''Religions of the World: A Latter-day Saint View'', [[Brigham Young University]] (1997) {{ISBN|0-8425-2350-2}}
* {{Cite book |edition = Revised |publisher = Keats Pub |isbn = 0-87983-317-3 |page = [https://archive.org/details/thosecuriousnewc0000pete/page/307 307] |last = Petersen |first = William J. |title = Those Curious New Cults in the 80's |date = December 1982 |url = https://archive.org/details/thosecuriousnewc0000pete/page/307 }}
* {{Cite journal| issn = 0034-673X| volume = 20| issue = 1| pages = 23–43| last = Pilarzyk| first = Thomas| title = The Origin, Development, and Decline of a Youth Culture Religion: An Application of Sectarianization Theory| journal = Review of Religious Research| year = 1978| jstor = 3509939| doi = 10.2307/3509939| publisher = Religious Research Association, Inc.}}
* {{cite journal|title=The Divine Light Mission as a social organization|journal=Sociological Review|year=1979|first=Maeve |last=Price|volume=27|issue=2|pages=279–296|doi=10.1111/j.1467-954X.1979.tb00335.x|s2cid=144659402}}
* Pryor, William, ''The Survival of the Coolest: A Darwin's Death Defying Journey into the Interior of Addiction'' (2004), Clear Press, {{ISBN|1-904555-13-6}}
* Rawat, Prem and Wolf, Burt. ''Inner Journey: A spirited conversation about self-discovery'' (DVD). {{ISBN|0-9740627-0-7}}
* Rawat, Prem, ''Maharaji at Griffith University'' (2004) {{ISBN|0-9740627-2-3}}
* {{in lang|nl}} [[Paul Schnabel|Schnabel, Paul]]. ''Tussen stigma en charisma: nieuwe religieuze bewegingen en geestelijke volksgezondheid'' ("Between stigma and charisma: new religious movements and mental health"). Erasmus University Rotterdam, Faculty of Medicine, PhD thesis, 1982. Deventer, Van Loghum Slaterus, {{ISBN|90-6001-746-3}}. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/schn016tuss01_01/index.htm Available online at DBNL]
* {{Cite book |edition = 1st |publisher = Berkeley Religious Studies Series;;Motilal Banarsidass |isbn = 978-0-961220-80-8 |last = Schomer |first = Karine |author2 = W.H. McLeod |title = The Sants : studies in a devotional tradition of India |location = Berkeley Calif.; Delhi |year = 1987}}
* {{Cite book |publisher = University of Michigan Press |isbn = 978-0-472-10489-5 |last = Siebers |first = Tobin |title = Religion and the authority of the past |location = Ann Arbor |year = 1993}}
* ''The Prem Rawat Foundation presents: Maharaji at Sanders Theatre, Harvard University'' (2005) {{ISBN|0-9740627-3-1}}
* {{Cite book |publisher = University Press of the Pacific [for] U.S. Dept. of Defense Dept. of the Army Office of the Chief of Chaplains |isbn = 978-0-89875-607-4 |last = United States.;Kirschner Associates.;Institute for the Study of American Religion. |title = Religious requirements and practices of certain selected groups : a handbook for chaplains |location = Honolulu HI |year = 2001| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gDQfnMUI6gC&pg=PT98}}
* {{cite news|title=Whatever Happened to Guru Maharaj Ji? Once Heralded as the Avatar of the Age, the Leader of the Divine Light Mission is Hard to Find These Days|work=Hinduism Today|publisher=Himalayan Academy|issn=0896-0801|date=October 1983|url=http://www.hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=280|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623121431/http://www.hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=280|archive-date=23 June 2010|url-status=dead}}
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