Dynamics of Dissenting Movements within Established Organizations: Two Cases and a Theoretical Interpretation

Abstract

Turner and Killian have suggested that the tendency for internal movements of dissent to become incorporated into their parent organizations, rather than separating from them, depends largely on the degree of integration of their members into the parent body, the power of that body to enforce its position and to suppress dissent, and its ability to absorb dissent through reform or structural differentiation. Our case studies of Neo-Pentecostal movements in two established churches support the Turner and Killian theory but indicate the need for its extension. Drawing on these studies and recent theories of movement development, we specify more fully the types of movement-organization relationships which may emerge and indicate the characteristics of movements, their parent organizations, and their mutual interactions that may be expected to lead to the various types of relationships.

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