| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 524 pages) |
| Series |
Heritage |
| Contents |
'O truant muse': collaborationism and research integrity / Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi -- Balance and fairness in the study of alternative religions / Thomas Robbins -- Caught up in the cult wars: confessions of a Canadian researcher / Susan J. Palmer -- Pitfalls in the sociological study of cults / Janja Lalich -- Towards a demystified and disinterested scientific theory of brainwashing / Benjamin Zablocki -- Tactical ambiguity and brainwashing formulations: science or pseudo science / Dick Anthony -- A tale of two theories: brainwashing and conversion in competing political narratives / David Bromley -- Brainwashing programs in the family/children of God and scientology / Stephen A. Kent -- Raising Lazarus: a methodological critique of Stephen Kent's Revival of the brainwashing model / Lorne L. Dawson -- Compelling evidence: a rejoinder to Lorne Dawson's chapter / Stephen A. Kent -- Child-rearing issues in totalist groups / Amy Siskind -- Contested narratives: a case study of the conflict between a new religious movement and its critics / Julius H. Rubin -- The roots of religious violence in America / Jeffrey Kaplan |
| Summary |
Unique in its breadth, this is the first study of new religious movements to address the main points of controversy within the field while attempting to find a middle ground between opposing camps of scholarship |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Cults.
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Worship.
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worship.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology of Religion.
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RELIGION -- Cults.
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Worship.
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Cults.
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Kult
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Sekten.
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Objectiviteit.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Zablocki, Benjamin David, 1941- editor
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Robbins, Thomas, 1943- editor
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| ISBN |
9781442677302 |
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1442677309 |
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9786612028731 |
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6612028734 |
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1282028731 |
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9781282028739 |
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1487598440 |
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9781487598440 |
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