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Misunderstanding cults : searching for objectivity in a controversial field / editors, Benjamin Zablocki, Thomas Robbins.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Zablocki, Benjamin David, 1941- editor.
Robbins, Thomas, 1943- editor.
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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