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Misunderstanding cults : searching for objectivity in a controversial field / editors, Benjamin Zablocki, Thomas Robbins.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Series:
- Heritage
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cults.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 524 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4875-9844-0
- 9786612028731
- 1-282-02873-1
- 1-4426-7730-9
- OCLC:
- 666914820
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