Thinker
Roy Wallis
Roy Wallis is central to 4 previous-year questions, spanning 2015 to 2024 across Paper I. Everything below is drawn from the official papers — the questions themselves, the concepts they test, and where they sit in the syllabus.
4Questions
2015–24Years tested
IPaper
1Syllabus topics
Concepts asked alongside Roy Wallis
What the examiner actually wants you to know when this name appears.
new religious movements 4cult 3church-sect typology 2sect 2charisma and conversioncharismatic authoritychurch-sect continuumnew age spiritualityreligious pluralismsecularisationsecularization and religious revivalspiritual seekershipworld-affirming and world-rejecting movements
Where Roy Wallis appears in the syllabus
Every question on Roy Wallis
Each links to a full breakdown — how to approach it, a model answer, and the examiner’s perspective.
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