Lofland, John and Norman Skonovd. "Conversion Motifs." JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF  RELIGION 20 (1981): 373-385.

Long, Theodore and Jeffrey Hadden. "Religious Conversion and the Concept of Socialization." Journal for the  SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION 22 (1983): 1-14.

Snow, David and Richard Machalek. "The Sociology of Conversion." ANNUAL REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY  10 (1984): 167-190.

Stark, Rodney. "Networks of Faith: Interpersonal Bonds and Recruitment to Cults and Sects." THE FUTURE  OF RELIGION. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985, pp. 307-324.

Supplementary Readings:

Barker, Eileen. THE MAKING OF A MOONIE: CHOICE OR BRAINWASHING? Oxford: Blackwell, 1984.

Beckford, James A. "Accounting for Conversion." BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY 29(2) (1978): 249-62.

Bromley, David G., and Anson D. Shupe. "Just a Few Years Seem Like a Lifetime: A Role Theory Approach  to Participation in New Religious Movements." RESEARCH IN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, CONFLICTS  AND CHANGE. Volume 2. Edited by L. Kriesberg. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1979, pp. 159-185.

Downton, James V., Jr.  "An Evolutionary Theory of Spiritual Conversion and Commitment: The Case of the Divine Light  Mission."  JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIIGON 19 (1980): 381-96.

Galanter, Marc, Richard Rabkin, Judith Rabkin, and Alexander Deutsch.  "The Moonies: A Psychological Study of Conversion and Membership in a Contemporary Religious Sect."  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY 136 (February 1979): 165-70.

Galanter, Marc.  "Psychological Induction into the Large Group: Findings from a Modern Religious Sect."  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY 137 (December 1980): 1574-79.

Greil, Arthur L., and David R. Rudy.  "Social Cocoons: Encapsulation and Identity Transformation  Organizations." SOCIOLOGICAL INQUIRY 54 (1984): 260-278.

Greil, Arthur L., and David R. Rudy.  "What Have We Learned from Process Models of Conversion? An Examination of Ten Studies."  SOCIOLOGICAL FOCUS 17(4) (1984): 306-323.

Michael Harrison. "Sources of Recruitment to Catholic Pentecostalism." JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENTIFIC  STUDY OF RELIGION 13 (1974): 49-64.

Heinrich, Max.  "Change of Heart: A Test of Some Widely Held Theories About Religious Conversion."  AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW 83 (1977): 653-680.

Hine, Virginia H.  "Bridge Burners: Commitment and Participation in a Religious Movement."  SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS 31 (1970): 61-66.

Lofland, John, and Rodney Stark.  "Becoming a World-Saver: A Theory of Conversion to a Deviant Perspective."  AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW 30 (1965): 862-875.

Pilarzyk, Thomas J.  "Conversion and Alteration Processes in the Youth Culture: A Comparative Analysis of  Religious Transformation."  PACIFIC SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW 21 (1978): 379-406.

Richardson, James T.  "The Active vs Passive Convert: Paradigm Conflict in Conversion/Recruitment Research."  JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION 24 (1985): 163-179.

Richardson, James T.  "Studies of Conversion: Secularization or Re-enchantment."  THE SACRED IN A  SECULAR AGE: TOWARD REVISION IN THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION.  Edited by  Phillip E. Hammond.  Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1985, pp. 104-121.

Snow, David and Richard Machalek. "The Convert as a Social Type." SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY. San  Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp. 259-288.

Straus, Roger. "Religious Conversion as a Personal and Collective Accomplishment." SOCIOLOGICAL  ANALYSIS 40 (1979): 158-165.

Travisano, Richardson V.  "Alternation and Conversion as Qualitatively Different Transformations.  SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY THROUGH SYMBOLIC INTERACTION.  Edited by G. Stone and H. Faberman.   Waltham, MA: Ginn-Blaisdell, 1970, pp. 594-606