Misunderstanding Cults (book)
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| Author | Benjamin Zablocki, ed. Thomas Robbins, ed. |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | cults |
| Genre(s) | nonfiction |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
| Released | December 1, 2001 |
| Pages | 496 pages |
| ISBN | ISBN 0802081886 |
Misunderstanding Cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field was edited by Benjamin Zablocki and Thomas Robbins. The book was published by University of Toronto Press, on December 1, 2001. The book stands as an edited work, with contributions from religious, sociological and psychological scholars. Excluding the editors themselves, there are eight other notable contributors.
The book is unique in that it includes contributions from scholars who have been labeled as "anti-cult", as well as those who have been characterized as "Cult apologists." The book features a section which discusses the need for scholarly objectivity when researching cults, as well as emphasizing the danger of partisanship while researching these controversial groups. Other topics discussed include brainwashing, cult violence, the conflict that exists between new religious movements and their critics, as well as the ramifications of raising children in these controversial religious movements.
[edit] Contributors
As stated above, the book includes contributions from researchers with staunch positions on both sides of the aisle:
- Dick Anthony
- Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi
- David Bromley
- Lorne L. Dawson
- Stephen Kent
- Janja Lalich
- Susan J. Palmer
- Thomas Robbins
- Julius H. Rubin
- Benjamin Zablocki
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Reviews
- Review, Arthur A. Dole, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.
- Review, Massimo Introvigne, CESNUR
- Review, Sociology of Religion, Winter, 2003, James T. Richardson
- Review, Canadian Journal of Sociology Online, July - August 2002, William Sims Bainbridge
