List of cult and new religious movement researchers
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This list includes researchers that have conducted empirical studies on cults and/or new religious movements. Researchers are listed below according to their academic background, area of research, or profession.
Inclusion in this list assumes notable research performed by list members, published in a peer-reviewed journal or academic book. Those list members that do not have an article in Wikipedia that establish notability in this area of research, require a specific source establishing that notability.
For additional individuals that have written about these subjects, see List of authors opposing cults.
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[edit] Anthropologists
[edit] Attorneys
[edit] Criminologists
[edit] Educators
[edit] Physicians
[edit] Psychiatrists
- Jean-Marie Abgrall
- John Gordon Clark
- Arthur J. Deikman
- David A. Halperin
- John Hochman
- Saul V. Levine
- Robert Jay Lifton
- Norbert Nedopil[1][2]
- Peter A. Olsson
- Bruce D. Perry
- Louis Jolyon West
[edit] Psychologists
- Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi
- William V. Chambers
- Robert Cialdini
- Raffaella Di Marzio
- Arthur A. Dole
- Steve Eichel
- Harold Goldstein
- Susan J. Kelley
- Heinrich Kuefner[1][2]
- Michael Langone
- Jan van der Lans
- Robert V. Levine[4]
- Paul R. Martin
- Jesse S. Miller
- Edgar Schein
- Margaret Singer
- Mark Sirkin
- Maurice K. Temerlin
- Philip Zimbardo
[edit] Psychotherapists/Counsellors
[edit] Religious studies scholars
- Isaac Bonewits
- John Bowker
- George D. Chryssides
- Richard L. Dowhower
- Alexander L. Dvorkin[5]
- Ron Geaves
- Edmond C. Gruss
- Wouter J. Hanegraaff
- Irving Hexham
- Reinhart Hummel
- Reender Kranenborg
- James J. LeBar
- J. Gordon Melton
- J.P. Moreland
[edit] Sociologists
- Nancy Ammerman
- Robert Balch
- Eileen Barker
- David G. Bromley
- Douglas E. Cowan
- Ronald Enroth
- Jeffrey K. Hadden
- Stephen J. Hunt
- Massimo Introvigne
- Danny Jorgensen
- Stephen A. Kent
- Janja Lalich
- David C. Lane
- Richard Ofshe
- James Richardson[6]
- Paul Schnabel
- Anson Shupe
- Benjamin Zablocki
[edit] Other academicians
[edit] See also
- List of anthropologists
- List of authors opposing cults
- List of groups referred to as cults
- List of lawyers
- List of politicians opposing cults
- List of psychiatrists
- List of psychologists
- List of sociologists
[edit] External links
- Cults & New Religious Movements: A Bibliography, by Rob Nanninga
- Online texts 118 Online papers, articles and books about Cults, New Religious Movements, and the Social Scientific Study of Religion.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Psycho-Cult vs. German Law", Thomas Röll and Walter Schütte, Focus, October 14, 2002
- ^ a b c Heinrich Kuefner, Norbert Nedopil, Heinz Schoech, Robert Doerr, Stefanie Eiden, Raik Werner, "Expert opinion: Effects and risks of unconventional psycho- and social- techniques", Munich, Germany, February 17, 2003
- ^ Prof. Dr. Heinz Schöch, Institute of Criminal Law Section of Criminology, Juvenile Penal Law and Penology.
- ^ The Power of Persuasion: How We’re Bought and Sold, (Updated paperback edition: John Wiley & Sons, 2006)
- ^ October 25, 2006, Are There Objective and Scientific Studies of NRM?, Prof. Alexander L. Dvorkin, Moscow, Russia, Center of Religious Studies, Ozernaya, Russia.
- ^ James Richardson, Jan van der Lans, and F. Derks. 1986. "Leaving and Labeling: Voluntary and Coerced Disaffiliation from Religious Social Movements." Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change. 9:97-126.
