Misunderstanding cults : searching for objectivity in a controversial field / / edited by Benjamin Zablocki and Thomas Robbins |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (539 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.6 |
Collana | Heritage |
Soggetto topico | Cults |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
9786612028731
1-282-02873-1 1-4426-7730-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456538603321 |
Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2001 | ||
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Misunderstanding cults : searching for objectivity in a controversial field / / editors, Benjamin Zablocki, Thomas Robbins |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto ; ; Buffalo ; ; London : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 524 pages) |
Disciplina | 306.6 |
Collana | Heritage |
Soggetto topico | Cults |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4875-9844-0
9786612028731 1-282-02873-1 1-4426-7730-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | '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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780536203321 |
Toronto ; ; Buffalo ; ; London : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2001 | ||
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Misunderstanding cults : searching for objectivity in a controversial field / / editors, Benjamin Zablocki, Thomas Robbins |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto ; ; Buffalo ; ; London : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 524 pages) |
Disciplina | 306.6 |
Collana | Heritage |
Soggetto topico | Cults |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4875-9844-0
9786612028731 1-282-02873-1 1-4426-7730-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | '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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818138503321 |
Toronto ; ; Buffalo ; ; London : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2001 | ||
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New religious movements in the twenty-first century : legal, political, and social challenges in global perspective / / edited by Phillip Charles Lucas and Thomas Robbins |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
Disciplina | 200/.9/051 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LucasPhillip Charles
RobbinsThomas <1943-> |
Soggetto topico |
Cults
Sects Religion and law Religion and state Religion and sociology Religions |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-135-88902-3
1-299-28528-7 1-280-28905-8 9786610289059 0-203-50832-7 |
Classificazione | 11.05 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Introduction. Alternative religions, the state, and the globe / Thomas Robbins -- pt. 1. Western Europe. General overview of the "cult scene" in Great Britain / Eileen Barker -- Religious minorities and new religious movements in Denmark / Armin W. Geertz and Mikael Rothstein -- France's obsession with the "sectarian threat" / Danièle Hervieu-Léger -- The secte response to religious discrimination : subversives, martyrs, or freedom fighters in the French sect wars? / Susan J. Palmer -- Italy's surprisingly favorable environment for religious minorities / Massimo Introvigne -- New religions in Germany : the publicity of the public square / Brigitte Schoen -- pt. 2. Eastern Europe and Eurasia. New religions in the new Russia / Marat Shterin -- New religious minorities in the Baltic States / Solveiga Krumina-Konkova -- Crushing Wahhabi fundamentalists in Central Asia and the Caucasus : subplot to the global struggle against Al Qa'ida or suppression of legitimate religious opposition? / Brian Glyn Williams -- pt. 3. Africa, Asia, and Australia. Prophets, "false prophets," and the African state : emergent issues of religious freedom and conflict / Rosalind I.J. Hackett -- Religion on a leash : NRMs and the limits of Chinese freedom / Scott Lowe -- Consensus shattered : Japanese paradigm shift and moral panic in the post-Aum era / Ian Reader -- New religions in Australia : public menace or societal salvation? / James T. Richardson --
pt. 4. North and South Americas. The mainstreaming of alternative spirituality in Brazil / Robert T. Carpenter -- The fate of NRMs and their detractors in twenty-first century America / J. Gordon Melton -- New religions and the anticult movement in Canada / Irving Hexham and Karla Poewe -- pt. 5. Theoretical considerations. New religious movements and globalization / James A. Beckford -- Apocalypse 9/11 / John R. Hall -- Establishments and sects in the Islamic world / Mark Sedgwick -- Research on new religious movements in the post-9/11 world / Benjamin Zablocki and J. Anna Looney --Cults, porn, and hate : convergent discourses on First Amendment restriction / Thomas Robbin and Dick Anthony -- Conclusion. The future of new and minority religions in the twenty-first century : religious freedom under global siege / Philip Charles Lucas. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457275603321 |
New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
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New religious movements in the twenty-first century : legal, political, and social challenges in global perspective / / edited by Phillip Charles Lucas and Thomas Robbins |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
Disciplina | 200/.9/051 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LucasPhillip Charles
RobbinsThomas <1943-> |
Soggetto topico |
Cults
Sects Religion and law Religion and state Religion and sociology Religions |
ISBN |
1-135-88901-5
1-135-88902-3 1-299-28528-7 1-280-28905-8 9786610289059 0-203-50832-7 |
Classificazione | 11.05 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Introduction. Alternative religions, the state, and the globe / Thomas Robbins -- pt. 1. Western Europe. General overview of the "cult scene" in Great Britain / Eileen Barker -- Religious minorities and new religious movements in Denmark / Armin W. Geertz and Mikael Rothstein -- France's obsession with the "sectarian threat" / Danièle Hervieu-Léger -- The secte response to religious discrimination : subversives, martyrs, or freedom fighters in the French sect wars? / Susan J. Palmer -- Italy's surprisingly favorable environment for religious minorities / Massimo Introvigne -- New religions in Germany : the publicity of the public square / Brigitte Schoen -- pt. 2. Eastern Europe and Eurasia. New religions in the new Russia / Marat Shterin -- New religious minorities in the Baltic States / Solveiga Krumina-Konkova -- Crushing Wahhabi fundamentalists in Central Asia and the Caucasus : subplot to the global struggle against Al Qa'ida or suppression of legitimate religious opposition? / Brian Glyn Williams -- pt. 3. Africa, Asia, and Australia. Prophets, "false prophets," and the African state : emergent issues of religious freedom and conflict / Rosalind I.J. Hackett -- Religion on a leash : NRMs and the limits of Chinese freedom / Scott Lowe -- Consensus shattered : Japanese paradigm shift and moral panic in the post-Aum era / Ian Reader -- New religions in Australia : public menace or societal salvation? / James T. Richardson --
pt. 4. North and South Americas. The mainstreaming of alternative spirituality in Brazil / Robert T. Carpenter -- The fate of NRMs and their detractors in twenty-first century America / J. Gordon Melton -- New religions and the anticult movement in Canada / Irving Hexham and Karla Poewe -- pt. 5. Theoretical considerations. New religious movements and globalization / James A. Beckford -- Apocalypse 9/11 / John R. Hall -- Establishments and sects in the Islamic world / Mark Sedgwick -- Research on new religious movements in the post-9/11 world / Benjamin Zablocki and J. Anna Looney --Cults, porn, and hate : convergent discourses on First Amendment restriction / Thomas Robbin and Dick Anthony -- Conclusion. The future of new and minority religions in the twenty-first century : religious freedom under global siege / Philip Charles Lucas. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784434203321 |
New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
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New religious movements in the twenty-first century : legal, political, and social challenges in global perspective / / edited by Phillip Charles Lucas and Thomas Robbins |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
Disciplina | 200/.9/051 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LucasPhillip Charles
RobbinsThomas <1943-> |
Soggetto topico |
Cults
Sects Religion and law Religion and state Religion and sociology Religions |
ISBN |
1-135-88901-5
1-135-88902-3 1-299-28528-7 1-280-28905-8 9786610289059 0-203-50832-7 |
Classificazione | 11.05 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Introduction. Alternative religions, the state, and the globe / Thomas Robbins -- pt. 1. Western Europe. General overview of the "cult scene" in Great Britain / Eileen Barker -- Religious minorities and new religious movements in Denmark / Armin W. Geertz and Mikael Rothstein -- France's obsession with the "sectarian threat" / Danièle Hervieu-Léger -- The secte response to religious discrimination : subversives, martyrs, or freedom fighters in the French sect wars? / Susan J. Palmer -- Italy's surprisingly favorable environment for religious minorities / Massimo Introvigne -- New religions in Germany : the publicity of the public square / Brigitte Schoen -- pt. 2. Eastern Europe and Eurasia. New religions in the new Russia / Marat Shterin -- New religious minorities in the Baltic States / Solveiga Krumina-Konkova -- Crushing Wahhabi fundamentalists in Central Asia and the Caucasus : subplot to the global struggle against Al Qa'ida or suppression of legitimate religious opposition? / Brian Glyn Williams -- pt. 3. Africa, Asia, and Australia. Prophets, "false prophets," and the African state : emergent issues of religious freedom and conflict / Rosalind I.J. Hackett -- Religion on a leash : NRMs and the limits of Chinese freedom / Scott Lowe -- Consensus shattered : Japanese paradigm shift and moral panic in the post-Aum era / Ian Reader -- New religions in Australia : public menace or societal salvation? / James T. Richardson --
pt. 4. North and South Americas. The mainstreaming of alternative spirituality in Brazil / Robert T. Carpenter -- The fate of NRMs and their detractors in twenty-first century America / J. Gordon Melton -- New religions and the anticult movement in Canada / Irving Hexham and Karla Poewe -- pt. 5. Theoretical considerations. New religious movements and globalization / James A. Beckford -- Apocalypse 9/11 / John R. Hall -- Establishments and sects in the Islamic world / Mark Sedgwick -- Research on new religious movements in the post-9/11 world / Benjamin Zablocki and J. Anna Looney --Cults, porn, and hate : convergent discourses on First Amendment restriction / Thomas Robbin and Dick Anthony -- Conclusion. The future of new and minority religions in the twenty-first century : religious freedom under global siege / Philip Charles Lucas. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821976303321 |
New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
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