Roy Wallis, is a sociologist and Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at The Queen’s University of Belfast. He is mostly known for his definition of the seven sign that differ a religous congregation from a secterian church defined while researching the Scientology church. After publishing his book The Road to Total Freedom, an in depth analysis of the sociology of Scientology, he was harassed by the church both legally and personal[1]. Sociology is the study of the social lives of humans, groups and societies. ... Dean is a title given to some institutions senior or supervisory staff: Look up dean in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... A sect is generally a small religious or political group that has branched off from a larger established group. ... Scientology is a system of beliefs and practices created by American pulp fiction[1][2] and science fiction [3] author L. Ron Hubbard in 1952 as a self-help philosophy. ...
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^ Roy Wallis's The Road to Total Freedom, page 218-219
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