Misunderstanding Cults : : Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field /

Misunderstanding Cults : : Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field / / Thomas Robbins, Benjamin Zablocki.

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Misunderstanding Cults provides a uniquely balanced contribution to what has become a highly polarized area of study. Working towards a moderate "third path" in the heated debate over new religious movements or cults, this collection includes contributions from both scholars who have been...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
TeilnehmendeR:
Robbins, Thomas,
Zablocki, Benjamin,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2001
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Caveat
  • Introduction: Finding a Middle Ground in a Polarized Scholarly Arena
  • PART ONE: HOW OBJECTIVE ARE THE SCHOLARS?
  • 1. 'O Truant Muse': Collaborationist!! and Research Integrity / Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin
  • 2. Balance and Fairness in the Study of Alternative Religions / Robbins, Thomas
  • 3. Caught Up in the Cult Wars: Confessions of a Canadian Researcher / Palmer, Susan J.
  • 4. Pitfalls in the Sociological Study of Cults / Lalich, Janja
  • PART TWO: HOW CONSTRAINED ARE THE PARTICIPANTS?
  • 5. Towards a Demystified and Disinterested Scientific Theory of Brainwashing / Zablocki, Benjamin
  • 6. Tactical Ambiguity and Brainwashing Formulations: Science or Pseudo-Science? / Anthony, Dick
  • 7. A Tale of Two Theories: Brainwashing and Conversion as Competing Political Narratives / Bromley, David
  • 8. Brainwashing Programs in The Family/ Children of God and Scientology / Kent, Stephen A.
  • 9. Raising Lazarus: A Methodological Critique of Stephen Kent's Revival of the Brainwashing Model / Dawson, Lome L.
  • 10. Compelling Evidence: A Rejoinder to Lome Dawson's Chapter / Kent, Stephen A.
  • PART THREE: HOW CONCERNED SHOULD SOCIETY BE?
  • 11. Child-Rearing Issues in Totalist Groups / Siskind, Amy
  • 12. Contested Narratives: A Case Study of the Conflict between a New Religious Movement and Its Critics / Rubin, Julius H.
  • 13. The Roots of Religious Violence in America / Kaplan, Jeffrey
  • Appendix: Further Reading and Web Browsing
  • Contributors

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