LEADER 03219nam 22005775 450 001 9910988394203321 005 20250322115434.0 010 $a9783031831690 010 $a3031831691 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-83169-0 035 $a(CKB)38111247500041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-83169-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31973479 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31973479 035 $a(OCoLC)1524422648 035 $a(EXLCZ)9938111247500041 100 $a20250322d2025 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAcademic Advocacy for New Religious Movements $eOf Apocalypse and Justice /$fby Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi 205 $a1st ed. 2025. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2025. 215 $a1 online resource (XXII, 290 p.) 311 08$a9783031831683 311 08$a3031831683 327 $aChapter 1: Seduced by a Dream of Justice -- Chapter 2: The Consensus in Plan and Action -- Chapter 3: Defending the Children of God/the Family -- Chapter 4: The Unification Church in Search of Respectabily -- Chapter 5: A Memory of Jonestown -- Chapter 6: Defending Rajneesh -- Chapter 7: The Martyrdom of David Koresh -- Chapter 8: Defending more Abuses and more Abusers -- Chapter 9: Collaborating with Scientology -- Chapter 10: Advocacy, Collaboration, and Ethics -- Chapter 11: Lessons to Remember. 330 $aThis book explores the intersection of advocacy and academic practice within the social sciences, focusing on the ethical dimensions and potential consequences of researchers engaging in political action on behalf of the groups they study. Investigating the ethical and practical implications of advocacy in academic work, specifically within the social sciences. It examines how scholars, guided by their research and vision for social change, engage politically to support the groups they study. The book addresses the debate surrounding academic advocacy: is it harmful or a necessary pursuit? Through a detailed study of a historical advocacy movement, it analyzes the global campaign to gain legitimacy for new religious movements (NRMs) between 1980 and 2000. It is an important read for scholars of New Religious Movements and those interested in the way religion is studied. Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Haifa, Israel. 606 $aCults 606 $aReligion$xHistory 606 $aReligion and sociology 606 $aNew Religious Movements 606 $aHistory of Religion 606 $aSociology of Religion 615 0$aCults. 615 0$aReligion$xHistory. 615 0$aReligion and sociology. 615 14$aNew Religious Movements. 615 24$aHistory of Religion. 615 24$aSociology of Religion. 676 $a209 700 $aBeit-Hallahmi$b Benjamin$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0657355 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910988394203321 996 $aAcademic Advocacy for New Religious Movements$94349631 997 $aUNINA