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Tom Wolfe on Religion

1931–2018 United States

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A sect, incidentally, is a religion with no political power.

Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine (1976)

Among other things Jonestown was an example of a definition well known to sociologists of religion: a cult is a religion with no political power.

In Our Time (1980)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Tom Wolfe (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.