Misunderstanding cults: searching for objectivity in a controversial field
'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 cu...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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University of Toronto Press
c2001
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| In: | Year: 2001 |
| Reviews: | Misunderstanding cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field, by Benjamin Zablocki and Thomas Robbins (eds.) Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001, 524 pp. 85.00 (cloth), 35.00 (paper) (2003) (Richardson, James T.)
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| Further subjects: | B
Cultes
B Collection of essays B SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology of Religion B Sekten B Cult B Objectiviteit B Electronic books B RELIGION ; Cults B Cults |
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| Summary: | '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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 1442677309 |