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Kenny Healing Cult

Geri Lee Lee
Sociology
April 2, 2003
Ed Davis

Mid Term

In his article titled “The Kenny Healing Cult: Preliminary Analysis of Leadership and Patterns of Interaction,” sociologist J. E. Hulett, Jr. discusses the roles of the leader, followers, and the opposition of a cult associated with Sister Elisabeth Kenny. He also points out some of the behavior associated with these roles. He begins by discussing the difficulty in conducting any objective research on cults because of their early history. Most often than not many people have already formed opinions of these cults. This is the case with the Kenny Healing Cult.

The Kenny Healing Cult was a medical movement in the treatment of childhood paralysis. Elisabeth Kenny, the leader of this cult, was believed by her followers to be a saint of some sort. Many believed that she possess...

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