Susan J. Palmer
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Susan Jean Palmer is a Canadian sociologist and a scholar of new religious movements. Raised in Mormon religion, she was a student of the sociologist Eileen Barker at the London School of Economics.[1]
She has taught at Concordia University and now teaches religion studies at Dawson College in Montréal, Quebec.[1]
She is known for her research on gender, family[2], and sexuality in new religious movements, in particular the Rajneeshees[3] and Raelians[4]. Shortly before the writing of her book about them, Aliens Adored she was blacklisted by the Raelians, with whom she had been friendly - and continues to be so. According to Palmer, the blacklisting was a measure that allowed her to reflect upon the misquoting her words out of context, by journalists, which both she and the Raelians were displeased with.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c (2004) Aliens Adored: Raël's UFO Religion. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
- ^ (1999) (ed., with Charlotte Hardman) Children in New Religions. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
- ^ (1994) Moon Sisters, Krishna Mothers, Rajneesh Lovers: Women's Roles in New Religions. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press.
- ^ Susan J. Palmer (Summer 2001). "The Rael Deal". Religion in the News vol 4 (2). Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
