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Informationen zum Autor Benjamin Zablocki is a professor in the Sociology Department at Rutgers University. Thomas Robbins is an independent scholar and lives in Rochester, Minnesota. Klappentext 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 characterized as "anticult" and those characterized as "cult-apologists." The study incorporates multiple viewpoints as well as a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives, with the stated goal of depolarizing the discussion over alternative religious movements. A prominent section within the book focuses explicitly on the issue of scholarly objectivity and the danger of partisanship in the study of cults. The collection also includes contributions on the controversial and much misunderstood topic of brainwashing, as well as discussions of cult violence, children brought up in unconventional religious movements, and the conflicts between alternative religious movements and their critics. 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Caveat Introduction: Finding a Middle Ground in a Polarized Scholarly Arena Benjamin Zablocki and Thomas Robbins PART ONE: HOW OBJECTIVE ARE THE SCHOLARS? 'O Truant Muse': Collaborationist!! and Research Integrity Benjamin Beit-HallahmiBalance and Fairness in the Study of Alternative Religions Thomas RobbinsCaught Up in the Cult Wars: Confessions of a Canadian Researcher Susan ]. PalmerPitfalls in the Sociological Study of Cults Janja Lalich PART TWO: HOW CONSTRAINED ARE THE PARTICIPANTS? Towards a Demystified and Disinterested Scientific Theory of Brainwashing Benjamin ZablockiTactical Ambiguity and Brainwashing Formulations: Science or Pseudo Science Dick AnthonyA Tale of Two Theories: Brainwashing and Conversion as Competing Political Narratives David BromleyBrainwashing Programs in The Family/Children of God and Scientology Stephen A. KentRaising Lazarus: A Methodological Critique of Stephen Kent's Revival of the Brainwashing Model Lome L. Dawson Compelling Evidence: A Rejoinder to Lome Dawson's Chapter Stephen A. Kent PART THREE: HOW CONCERNED SHOULD SOCIETY BE? Child-Rearing Issues in Totalist Groups Amy Siskind Contested Narratives: A Case Shady of the Conflict Between a New Religious Movement and Its Critics Julius H. Rubin The Roots of Religious Violence in America Jeffrey Kaplan Appendix Contributors ...
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Benjamin Zablocki is a professor in the Sociology Department at Rutgers University.
Thomas Robbins is an independent scholar and lives in Rochester, Minnesota.
