Bibliography of Prem Rawat and related organizations

Bibliography of Prem Rawat and related organizations lists bibliographical material regarding Prem Rawat and organizations like Divine Light Mission,[1] Elan Vital and The Prem Rawat Foundation.

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Author(s)DateTypeTitlePublished in/byPlaceOther specifics
Rawat, Prem1970-11-08Public addressPeace Bomb satsangAnd It Is Divine (transcript: 1972)
The Golden Age (transcript: 1978)
India, Delhi (Hindi)
U.S. (1972)
Australia (1978)
[2][3][4][5]
1970-11-09Article (newspaper) Hindustan TimesIndia[6]
1970-11-10Article (newspaper) Navbharat TimesIndia (Hindi)[7]
1970Book (part)Guinness Book of World RecordsSterling PublishingU.S.[8]
1971-06-17Article (newspaper)Hallelujah! The mini Guru, aged 13, comethEvening StandardUK, London[9]
1971-06-18Article (newspaper)Worshippers greet the boy guru 'straight from Heaven'Daily MirrorUK, Londonp. 12[10]
Rawat, Prem1971-06Public addressGlastonbury Festival addressGlastonbury Fayre (footage: 1972)UK, Glastonbury
UK (footage)
[11][12][13][14]
1971-08-02Article (magazine)Boy GuruNewsweekU.S.p. 72[15]
Allen, Henry1971-09-14Article (newspaper)Pretty Far-Out Little DudeThe Washington PostU.S., Washington, D.C.p. B1[16]
Rawat, Prem1971-09-17Public addressColorado SatsangWho Is Guru Maharaj Ji? (transcript: 1973)U.S., Colorado[17]
1970sMagazineDivine TimesDivine Light MissionU.S.[18]
1970s(–)PeriodicalThe Divine TimesDivine Light MissionUK[19][20]
Rawat, Prem1972BookReflections on an Indian SunriseDivine Light Mission [21][22]
Ashokanand (mahatma)
Sandoz, Jaques (directors)
1972Film (documentary)Satguru Has ComeShri Hans Films [4][23]
1972-10-23Article (newspaper)Pilgrims jet to see Divine LightThe TimesUK, Londonp. 12[20]
1972-11-09Article (newspaper)Guru's 'Bank' SeizedLos Angeles Times (Reuters)U.S., Los Angelesp. A15[24]
1972-11-19Article (newspaper)India investigates guru's financesThe Times (AP)UK, Londonp. 8[25]
1972-11-27Article (magazine)Junior GuruTIMEU.S.[26]
Daniel, Leon1972-12-10Article (newspaper)15-Year-Old Hottest Star of Guru CircuitLos Angeles TimesU.S., Los Angelesp. C8[27]
1970sMagazineAnd It Is DivineShri Hans Productions
Divine Light Mission
U.S.[28]
Blue Aquarius
(Bhole Ji et al.)
1973Album (music)Blue AquariusStax: Gospel Truth SeriesU.S.GTS-2725[29]
1973-02-03Article (newspaper)Guru's Pupil Slates TalkSyracuse Post-StandardU.S.p. 3[30]
Rawat, Prem1973-04-01Article (magazine)
Film
DUO proclamation and satsangDivine Times Vol. II No. 6 by Shri Hans Productions (DLM)
(film:) Shri Hans Films
U.S., Denver, Colorado[31]
1973-08–
1973-09
MagazineDivine Light NewsDivine Light MissionAustraliaVol. I, Nos. 1-3[32]
1973-08-08Article (newspaper)Guru Gets Testimonial And Some Pie in FaceNew York TimesU.S., New Yorkp. 43[33]
1973-08-08Article (newspaper)15-Year Old Guru Slapped in Face by Shaving Cream PieLos Angeles Times (UPI)U.S., Los Angelesp. 2[34]
1973-08-08Article (newspaper)Guru Set For Honor, Gets Pie In FaceIndependent
Press-Telegram (UPI)
U.S., Long Beach, Californiap. A-6[35]
1973-09-03Article (newspaper)Guru Maharaj Ji: UlcerThe Washington PostU.S., Washington, D.C.p. B7[36]
1973-09-04Article (newspaper)The 'Perfect Master' from India has an ulcerStars and Stripes (AP)U.S.p. 6[37]
Carter, Malcolm N.1973-09-23Article (newspaper)Guru Keeps Track Of Subjects With ComputerGreat Bend Tribune (AP)U.S., Kansasp. 11[38]
Milner, Bart1973-09-23Article (newspaper)Casting some shadows on the movement of Divine LightThe TimesUK, London[39]
1973FilmWho Is Guru Maharaj JiShri Hans ProductionsU.S.[40]
Cameron, Charles
Davis, Rennie
Rawat, Prem
et al.
1973-11BookWho Is Guru Maharaj Ji?Bantam BooksU.S.[23]
Rawat, Prem
Griffin, Merv
1973-11-28TV show (interview)The Merv Griffin Show U.S.[41]
Morgan, Ted1973-12-09ArticleOz in the Astrodome: Middle-class premies find GuruThe New York Times MagazineU.S., New YorkSection 6, pp. 37–39, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 104[42]
Du Plessix Gray, Francine
Kelley, Ken
1973-12-13Article (magazine)Blissing out in Houston (du Plessix Gray)
Blackjack Love (Kelley)
The New York Review of Books Vol. 20 No. 20U.S., New Yorkpp. 36–43[43]
Winder, Gail
Horowitz, Carol
1973-12Article (magazine)What's Behind the 15-Year-Old Guru Maharaj Ji?The Realist No. 97-CU.S., San Francisco, Californiapp. 1–5[44]
Latimer, Dean1974-01Article (magazine)Who is Guru Maharaj Ji and why is he saying all these terrible things about God?Penthouse Vol. 5 No. 5U.S.pp. 65–66[45]
Kelley, Ken1974-01-19Article (newspaper)Get Your Red-Hot Panaceas!New York TimesU.S., New Yorkp. 31[46]
Du Plessix Gray, Francine
Kelley, Ken
Apter, Joan
et al.
1974-01-24Article (magazine)Knowledge of the Guru, replies to Joan Apter and to Nicholas B. Dirks, Charles R. D. Lindley, Leela A. WoodThe New York Review of Books Vol. 20 Nos. 21 & 22U.S., New York[47]
Kelley, Ken1974-02Article (magazine)Over the hill at 16Ramparts No. 12U.S.pp. 40–44[48]
Goldsmith, Paul
Traum, Artie
1974-02Article (magazine)Bliss and Bones in the AstrodomeCrawdaddyU.S.pp. 62–65[49]
Adler, Dick1974-02-23Article (newspaper)TV Review: Videotape Explorers on Trail of a GuruLos Angeles TimesU.S., Los Angelesp. B2[50]
Shamberg, Michael (dir.)
Rawat, Prem
Davis, Rennie
et al.
1974-02-24Film (documentary)Lord of the UniverseTop Value TelevisionU.S.[51]
O'Connor, John J.1974-02-25Article (newspaper)TV: Meditating on Young Guru and His Followers: Maharaj Ji Is Focus of P.B.S. Documentary: Astrodome Gathering Yields Splendid ShowNew York TimesU.S., New Yorkp. 53[52]
Kelley, Ken1974-03Article (magazine)An East Indian Teen-Ager Says He Is GodVogueU.S.[53]
Elman, Richard1974-03Article (magazine)Godhead Hi-Jinx: Starring the Guru Maharaj JiCreemU.S.p. 37-39[12]
1974-03–
1979-10
MagazineThe Golden AgeDivine Light Mission
Duo Productions
AustraliaVol. 1-55[54]
Levine, Richard1974-03-14Article (magazine)When The Lord of All The Universe Played Houston: Many are called but few show upRolling Stone No. 156U.S.pp. 36–50[55]
Gortner, Marjoe1974-05Article (magazine)Who Was Guru Maharaj Ji? Just think of him as a spare tireOuiU.S.pp. 90–133[56]
Scheer, Robert1974-06Article (magazine)Death of the Salesman: for rennie davis (model high school student, antiwar spokesman and chief proselytizer for guru maharaj ji) the media always meant the messagePlayboyU.S.pp. 107–108, 112, 236, 238-240[57]
Kelley, Ken1974-07Article (magazine)I See The Light: In which a young journalist pushes a cream pie into the face of His Divine Fatness and gets his skull cracked open by two disciplesPenthouseU.S.pp. 98–100, 137-138, 146, 148, 150-151[58]
Baxter, Ernie1974-08Article (magazine)The multi-million dollar religion ripoffArgosy No. 380U.S.pp. 72, 77-81[59]
Dart, John1974-11-27Article (newspaper)Maharaj Ji Buys $400,000 Home Base in Malibu AreaLos Angeles TimesU.S., Los Angelesp. B2[60]
1974Entry in encyclopedic resourceCurrent Biography Yearbook: 1974, entry: "Maharaj Ji, Guru"H. W. Wilson CompanyU.S.p. 254 ff.[61]
Frazier, Deborah1975-03-23Article (newspaper)Growing Pile of Unpaid Bills Beneath Guru's Spiritual BlissSunday Journal and Star (UPI)U.S., Lincoln, Nebraskap. 11A[62]
1975-03-24Article (newspaper)Riches Called Goal of Divine LightWinnipeg Free Press (CP)U.S.[63]
1975-04-01Article (newspaper)Mother Ousts Young Guru as PlayboyLos Angeles TimesU.S., Los Angelesp. 2[64]
Belkind, Myron L.1975-04-02Article (newspaper)Guru's mother rejects him as religion chiefIndependent
Press-Telegram (AP)
U.S., Long Beachp. 9[65]
1975-04-09Article (newspaper)Guru Tries to Take Control of MissionRuston Daily LeaderU.S.[66]
1975-04-18Article (newspaper)Court Halts Heiress' Money Gift To GuruCharleston Daily Mail (API)U.S.[67]
Frazier, Deborah1975-07-14Article (newspaper)Guru Maharaj Ji: Pizza, Sports Cars and Millions of FollowersMansfield News Journal (UPI)U.S.[68]
Rawat, Prem
et al.
1975BookThe Sayings of Guru Maharaj JiDivine United Organization
Shri Sant Yogashram, Hans Marg
India, New DelhiSeveral volumes[69]
1976-02-20 Article (newspaper) Maharaj Ji Wins Fight For Mission The Washington Post U.S., Washington, D.C. p. C7

[70]

Cornell, George W. 1976-03-05 Article (newspaper) Group Led by Teen Guru Toning Down Eastern Style Albuquerque Journal U.S. [71]
1976-03-06Article (newspaper)Spiritual group's claims, practices are changingEvening Capital (AP)U.S.[72]
Brown, Mick1976-04-17Article (magazine)Perfect Master and unholy squabbles: The Guru comes of ageStreet LifeUKpp. 18–19[13]
Mishler, Bob
Frazier, Deborah (UPI: interviewer)
1976-05Interview (magazine)Part of the mainstreamThe Golden Age No. 29Australiap. 8 ff.[73]
Thurmond, Strom (U.S. Congress senator) 1976-07-20 US Congressional Record Prem Rawat's Inspirational Message to the United States Citizen's Congress US Congress U.S., Washington, D.C. [74]
Messer, Jeanne1976Essay in bookGuru Maharaj Ji and the Divine Light MissionThe New Religious Consciousness by Charles Y. Glock and Robert N. Bellah (eds.), University of California PressU.S., Berkeley, Californiapp. 52–72[75][76]
1977–1980sMagazine (quarterly)Élan VitalDivine Light MissionU.S.ISSN 0195-2145[77]
1977-10-19Article (newspaper)Guru Maharaj Ji becomes a citizen of the U.S.Rocky Mountain NewsU.S., Denver, Colorado[78]
Como, Don (dir.)
Donovan (music)
Davis, Rennie
Rawat, Prem
et al.
1977Film (part)Aliens from Spaceship Earth U.S.[79]
Stoner, Carroll
Parke, Jo Anne
1977Book (part)All Gods Children: The Cult Experience - Salvation Or Slavery?ChiltonU.S.ISBN 0-8019-6620-5[80]
Foss, Daniel A.
Larkin, Ralph W.
1978Essay in periodicalWorshiping the Absurd: The Negation of Social Causality among the Followers of Guru Maharaj JiSociological Analysis Vol. 39 No. 2 by Association for the Sociology of ReligionU.S.DOI 10.2307/3710215, pp. 157-164[81]
Rawat, Prem1978BookThe Living Master: quotes from Guru Maharaj JiDivine Light MissionU.S., Denver[22][82]
Collier, Sophia1978Book (autobiography)Soul Rush: The Odyssey of a Young Woman of the '70sWilliam Morrow & Co.U.S., New YorkISBN 0-688-03276-1[83]
Pilarzyk, Thomas1978Essay in periodicalThe Origin, Development, and Decline of a Youth Culture Religion: An Application of Sectarianization TheoryReview of Religious Research Vol. 20 No. 1 by Religious Research AssociationU.S.pp. 23–43[84]
1978
2001
Book (part)Religious Requirements and Practices of Certain Selected Groups: A Handbook for Chaplains
Army Pamphlet 165-13
U.S. Department of the Army
Kirchner Associates
(2001:) The Minerva Group
U.S.(2001:) ISBN 0-89875-607-3 p. II-5 ff.[1]
Forster, Mark1979-01-12Article (newspaper)Firm Loyalty: Guru's Sect: Misgivings in Malibu
Malibu Guru Maintains Following Despite Rising Mistrust of Cults
Los Angeles TimesU.S., Los Angelesp. A1, 3,...[85]
Mishler, Bob
Tesler, Gary
et al.
1979-02-12Interview (radio)Bob Mishler Radio InterviewKOA radio stationU.S., Denver, Colorado[86][87]
Downton, James V., Jr.1979-07Book (monography)Sacred journeys: The conversion of young Americans to Divine Light MissionColumbia University PressU.S., ColumbiaISBN 0-231-04198-5[88]
Kemeny, Jim1979Essay in periodicalComment: On Foss, Daniel A. and Ralph W. Larkin. 1978. "Worshiping the Absurd: The Negation of Social Causality among the Followers of Guru Maharaj Ji." Sociological Analysis 39, 2: 157-164Sociological Analysis Vol. 40 No. 3 by Association for the Sociology of ReligionU.S.pp. 262–264[89]
Nelson, G. K.1979Essay in periodicalA Comment on Pilarzyk's Article "The Origin, Development and Decline of a Youth Culture Religion" (RRR, Fall, 1978)Review of Religious Research Vol. 21 No. 1U.S.pp. 108–109[90]
Pilarzyk, Thomas1979Essay in periodicalThe Cultic Resilience of the Divine Light Mission: A Reply to NelsonReview of Religious Research Vol. 21 No. 1U.S.pp. 109–112[91]
Price, Maeve1979Essay in periodicalThe Divine Light Mission as a social organizationThe Sociological Review Vol. 27UK, Keele, Staffordshirepp. 279–296[92]
Galanter, Marc
Buckley, P.
1979Essay in periodicalMystical Experience, spiritual knowledge, and a contemporary ecstatic religionBritish Journal of Medical Psychology No. 52UKpp. 281– 289[93]
Davis, Ivor1979-12-19Article (newspaper)Malibu opposes plan to build heliport for Divine Light guruThe TimesUK, Londonp. 12[94]
Rawat, Prem1980BookLight ReadingDivine Light MissionU.S., Miami Beach[22][95]
Rudin, James A.
Rudin, Marcia R.
1980-06Book (part)Prison or Paradise?: The New Religious CultsFortress PressU.S., PhiladelphiaISBN 0-8006-0637-X
p.63-65[96]
Robbins, Thomas
Anthony, Dick
1980Essay in periodicalThe Limits of 'Coercive Persuasion' as an Explanation for Conversion to Authoritarian SectsPolitical Psychology Vol. 2 No. 2 by International Society of Political PsychologyU.S., New Yorkpp. 22–37[97]
Stones, C. R.
Philbrick, J. I.
1980Essay in periodicalPurpose in Life in South Africa: A Comparison of American and South African BeliefsPsychological Reports Vol. 47South Africapp. 739–42[98]
Aagaard, Johannes1980Article (periodical)Who Is Who In Guruism?Update: A Quarterly Journal on New Religious Movements Vol. IV No. 3 by DialogcentretDenmark[99]
Kriegman, Daniel1980Book (part)A Psycho-social Study of Religious Cults From the Perspective of Self Psychology, Appendix A: "The Guru Mahara Ji Group: An experiential description: the journey to God"Boston UniversityU.S.Doctoral dissertation
pp. 164–188
references: pp. 218–220
[100]
Downton, James V., Jr.1980-12Essay in periodicalAn Evolutionary Theory of Spiritual Conversion and Commitment: The Case of Divine Light MissionJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion Vol. 19 No. 4U.S.
UK
ISSN 00218294
pp. 381–396[101]
Lammers, Jos1981-02-14Article (magazine)Het concern van Guru Maharaj ji: Vijf jaar zakenman in dienst van de verlichtingHaagse Post Vol. 68 No. 7 (Dutch) Netherlands, The Haguepp. 48–53[102]
1981-05-22Article (newspaper)1-Year Trial OKd for Sect's HelipadLos Angeles TimesU.S., Los Angelesp. F6[103]
Godfrey (justice)1981-10-19Court decisionDotter v. Maine Employment Sec. CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of MaineU.S., MaineCase 435 A.2d 1368[104]
McGuire, Meredith B.1981
20025
Book (part)Religion: the Social Context Ch. 5 "The Dynamics of Religious Collectivities", section "How Religious Collectivities Develop and Change", sub-section "Organizational Transformations"WadsworthU.S.ISBN 0-534-00951-4
5ISBN 0-534-54126-7
p. 175[105]
Robbins, Thomas
Anthony, Dick
1982-02Essay in periodicalDeprogramming, Brainwashing and the Medicalization of Deviant Religious GroupsSocial Problems Vol. 29 No. 3. by Society for the Study of Social Problems
University of California Press
U.S.pp. 283-297[106]
Brown, Chip1982-02-15Article (newspaper)Parents Versus Cult: Frustration, Kidnaping, Tears; A Question of Will: Law-Abiding Couple ... Who Became Kidnapers to Rescue Daughter from Her GuruThe Washington PostU.S., Washington, D.C.p. A1[87]
Schwartz, Lita Linzer
Kaslow, Florence W.
1982-06-07Essay in periodicalThe Cult Phenomenon: Historical, Sociological, and Familial Factors Contributing to Their Development and AppealMarriage & Family Review Volume 4 Issue 3-4
Haworth Press
U.S.ISSN 0149-4929
pp. 3–30[107]
Robbins, Thomas
Anthony, Dick
1982-06-07Essay in periodicalCults, Culture, and CommunityMarriage & Family Review Volume 4 Issue 3-4
Haworth Press
U.S.ISSN 0149-4929
pp. 57–79[108]
Ottenberg, Donald J.1982-06-07Essay in periodicalTherapeutic Community and the Danger of the Cult PhenomenonMarriage & Family Review Volume 4 Issue 3-4
Haworth Press
U.S.ISSN 0149-4929
pp. 151–173[109]
Kranenborg, Reender1982Book (part)Oosterse Geloofsbewegingen in het Westen Netherlands (Dutch) ISBN 90-210-4965-1[5]
Schnabel, Paul1982
(2007)
Book (part)Tussen stigma en charisma: nieuwe religieuze bewegingen en geestelijke volksgezondheidVan Loghum Slaterus
Digital library for Dutch literature
Netherlands
(Dutch)
ISBN 90-6001-746-3, p. 32, p. 53, p. 99, 101-102, p. 142[110]
1983-10-06Article (periodical)Whatever Happened to Guru Maharaj Ji?Hinduism Today by Himalayan AcademyU.S.ISSN 0896-0801[111]
Lans, Jan M. van der
Derks, Frans
1984Essay in bookSubgroups in Divine Light Mission Membership: A Comment on DowntonOf Gods and Men: New Religious Movements in the West by Eileen Barker, ed.
Mercer University Press
U.S., Macon, GAISBN 0-86554-095-0 pp. 303-308[112]
Chagnon, Roland1985-01Book (part)Trois nouvelles religions de la lumière et du son: la Science de la spiritualité, Eckankar, la Mission de la lumière divinePaulines
Médiaspaul (French)
Canada, Montréal
France, Paris
ISBN 2-89039-985-0[113][114]
Kriegman, Daniel
Solomon, L.
1985-04Essay in periodicalCult groups and the narcissistic personality: The offer to heal defects in the selfInternational Journal of Group Psychotherapy Vol. 35 No. 2U.S.pp. 239–261[115]
Pasternak, Judy1985-07-07Article (newspaper)Maharaji Denied in Bid to Triple Copter UseLos Angeles TimesU.S., Los Angelesp. 1[116]
Melton, J. Gordon1986revEntry in encyclopedic resourceEncyclopedic Handbook of Cults in America, entry: "Divine Light Mission"GarlandU.S., New York
UK, London
ISBN 0-8240-9036-5, pp. 141–145[22]
Lans, Jan M. van der
Derks, Frans
1986-06-14Essay in periodicalPremies Versus SannyasinsUpdate: A Quarterly Journal on New Religious Movements Vol. X No. 2 by DialogcentretDenmark[117]
DuPertuis, Lucy1986Essay in periodicalHow People Recognize Charisma: The Case of Darshan in Radhasoami and Divine Light MissionSociological Analysis: A Journal in the Sociology of Religion Vol. 47 No. 2 by Association for the Sociology of ReligionU.S., ChicagoISSN 0038-0210
pp. 111-124[118]
Sharma, Arvind1986Essay in bookNew Hindu Religious Movements in IndiaNew Religious Movements and Rapid Social Change by James A. Beckford
Unesco/Sage Publications
UK, LondonISBN 0-8039-8003-5, p. 224[119]
Galanter, Marc1989-05-04
19992
Book (part)Cults: Faith, Healing and CoercionOxford University PressU.S.ISBN 0-19-505631-0
2ISBN 0-19-512369-7
2ISBN 0-19-512370-0
[120][121]
Tucker, Ruth A.1989
1991
2004
Book (part)Another Gospel: alternative religions and the new age movement (1989)
Strange Gospels: a comprehensive survey of cults, alternative religions and the New Age movement (1991)
Another Gospel: Cults, Alternative Religions, and the New Age Movement (2004)
Academie Books (1989)
Zondervan (1989, 2004)
Marshall Pickering, Harpercollins (1991)
U.S. (1989, 2004)
UK (1991)
ISBN 0-310-40440-1 (1989)
ISBN 0-551-02277-9 (1991)
ISBN 0-310-25937-1 (2004)
p. 320, p. 364-365[122]
Björkqvist, Kaj1990EssayWorld-rejection, world-affirmation, and goal displacement: some aspects of change in three new religious movements of Hindu originEncounter with India: Studies in Neohinduism (Nils G. Holm, ed.)
Åbo Akademi
FinlandISBN 951-649-731-4, pp. 79-99[123]
McIlwain, Doris J. F.1990
(2006-06)
Book (part)Impatient for paradise: a rites of passage model of the role of the psychological predispositions in determining differential openness to involvement in new religious movementsUniversity of Sydney
Sydney eScholarship Repository
Australia, SydneyPhD Doctorate[124]
Melton, J. Gordon1991
(1999-032)
(2008)
Entry in encyclopedic resourceReligious Leaders of America, entry: "Guru Maharaj Ji"Gale; 2Gale Group
(2008:) Biography Resource Center
U.S., Michiganpp. 285–286.
2ISBN 0-8103-8878-2[125]
Juergensmeyer, Mark1991
1996
Book (part)Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern FaithPrinceton University PressU.S.ISBN 0-691-07378-3
ISBN 0-691-01092-7
pp. 206–207[126]
Mangalwadi, Vishal
Hoeksema, Kurt
19922Book (part)The world of gurus: a critical look at the philosophies of India’s influential gurus and mystics.Cornerstone PressU.S., ChicagoISBN 0-940895-03-X (revised edition), pp. 137–138[127]
Melton, J. Gordon (Project Director)
Lewis, James R.
et al.
1993Book (part)Religious Requirements and Practices of Certain Selected Groups: A Handbook for ChaplainsThe Institute for the Study of American ReligionU.S.chapter on Sikh/Sant Mat Groups, section: Elan Vital[128]
Barbour, John D.1994Book (part)Versions of Deconversion: Autobiography and the Loss of FaithUniversity of Virginia PressU.S.ISBN 0-8139-1546-5
p. 170 ff.[129]
Gest, Alain
et al.
1995-12-22Report (government)N° 2468: Rapport Fait au nom de la commission d'enquête sur les sectes, Ch. I.B: "Un phénomène difficile à mesurer"National Assembly, Parliamentary Commission on Cults (1995) (French) Francep. 14 ff. [130]
Melton, J. Gordon (ed.)
5Shepard, Leslie (ed.)
19964
(2000-115)
(2008)
Entry in encyclopedic resourceEncyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology, entry: "Maharaj Ji, Guru"Gale; 5Thomson Gale
(2008:) Biography Resource Center
U.S.4p. 803
5ISBN 0-8103-8570-8[131]
Winter, Mark
et al
1996-07-17Magazine (special edition)The Divine Times: Special Edition 17 July 1996 [132]
Scheer, Robert1997-04-01Article (newspaper)How I Was Stood Up by the Venusians: Even a brief encounter with a cult's absurdity reveals its power to attractLos Angeles TimesU.S., Los Angelesp. 7[133]
Brauns, John
et al.
1997–Web siteEx-Premie.org [134][135][136][137][138][139][140][141]
Jones, Rebecca1998-01-30Article (newspaper)Former Guru on a Different MissionRocky Mountain NewsU.S., Denver, Colorado[134]
Lewis, James R.1998-11-01
22005
Entry in encyclopedic resourceCults 1[in America]: A Reference Handbook, entries "Elan Vital (Divine Light Mission)" and "Maharaji (b. 1957)"ABC-Clio, Contemporary World Issues seriesU.S.ISBN 1-57607-031-X
2ISBN 1-85109-618-3
pp. 84-85, 121-122, 286-287, 307-308[142]
Richardson, James T.1998Entry in encyclopedic resourceEncyclopedia of Religion and Society (William H. Swatos, Jr., ed.), entry: "Divine Light Mission"AltaMira Press
Sage publications
U.S.
UK
India
ISBN 0-7619-8956-0, p. 141[143]
Melton, J. Gordon1999EssayBrainwashing and the Cults: The Rise and Fall of a Theory in forthcoming The Brainwashing Controversy: An Anthology of Essential DocumentsCESNURItaly[144]
Abgrall, Jean-Marie2000Book (part)Soul Snatchers: The Mechanics of CultsU.S., New YorkAlgora PublishingISBN 1-892941-04-X p. 285[145]
Rhodes, Ron2001Book (part)The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions: The Essential Guide to Their History, Their Doctrine, and Our ResponseZondervanU.S.ISBN 0-310-23217-1
pp. 32, 170[146]
Barrett, David V.2001
2003-05
Book (part)The New Believers: Sects, 'Cults' and Alternative ReligionsCassellUKISBN 0-304-35592-5
ISBN 1-84403-040-7
p. 65; Part Two: Alternative Religions & Other Groups, Ch. 14: Eastern Movements in the West, Elan Vital, p. 325-329[147]
Kent, Stephen A.2001-10Book (part)From Slogans to Mantras: Social Protest and Religious Conversion in the Late Vietnam War EraSyracuse University PressU.S.ISBN 0-8156-2923-0
ISBN 0-8156-2948-6[148]
Hassan, Steve
et al.
2001–Web pageElan VitalSteven Alan Hassan's Freedom of Mind CenterU.S.[135]
Macgregor, John2002-08-31Article (magazine)Blinded by the LightGood WeekendAustralia, Sydneypp. 38–42[136]
Geaves, Ron 2002
2004-03
Essay From Divine Light Mission to Elan Vital and Beyond: an Exploration of Change and Adaptation 2002 International Conference on Minority Religions, Social Change and Freedom of Conscience at University of Utah
(2004:) Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions Vol. 7 No. 3
U.S., Salt Lake City
(2004:) U.S.
(2004:) pp. 45–62[139]
Rawat, Prem
et al.
2003–TV seriesWords of Peace South America
North America
Europe
Satellite
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Rawat, Prem2003BookClarityThe Prem Rawat FoundationU.S.ISBN 0-9740627-1-5[151]
2003Essay"Premies" Complain to Google of "Ex-Premie.org" siteChilling EffectsU.S.[138]
2003-07Entry in encyclopedic resourceThe Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Biography, entry: "Maharaj Ji"Houghton MifflinU.S.ISBN 0-618-25210-X
p. 994[152]
Jackson, Sally2004-03-11Article (newspaper)Court lets 'cult' gag journalistThe AustralianAustraliap. 21[153]
O’Regan, Mick (host)
Macgregor, John
et al.
2004-03-18Interview (radio)Suppression Orders & the MediaThe Media Report on ABC Radio NationalAustralia[154]
Thomas, Hedley2004-04-24Article (newspaper)Peace at a priceThe Courier-MailAustralia, Brisbanep. 35[155]
2004-11-29Press releaseWords of Peace by Prem Rawat receives TV Award in Braziltprf.net Press Room by The Prem Rawat FoundationU.S.[156]
Rawat, Prem
Wolf, Burt (interviewer)
2005Interview (DVD)Inner Journey: A Spirited Conversation About Self-discoveryThe Prem Rawat FoundationU.S.OCLC 85767576
ASIN B000EDUGI4[157]
Rawat, Prem 2005-05-17 Public Address Maharaji at Thamamssat University Wikisource (transcript: 2006) Thailand, Bangkok [158]
2005-06-30Article (newspaper)US names June 16 after Indian.Times of IndiaIndia[159]
2006Web pageAbout UsRaj Vidya KenderIndia[160]
Geaves, Ron2006Essay in periodicalGlobalization, charisma, innovation, and tradition: An exploration of the transformations in the organisational vehicles for the transmission of the teachings of Prem Rawat (Maharaji)Journal of Alternative Spiritualities and New Age Studies Vol. 2 by Alternative Spiritualities and New Age Studies AssociationUKISBN 978-1-4196-2696-8
pp. 44–62[161]
Mather, George
Nichols, Larry A.
Schmidt, Alvin J.
2006-08-01Entry in encyclopedic resourceEncyclopedic Dictionary of Cults, Sects, and World Religions: Revised and Updated Edition, entry "ELAN VITAL / DIVINE LIGHT MISSION"ZondervanU.S.ISBN 0-310-23954-0[140]
Geaves, Ron2006-10-30Essay in bookFrom Guru Maharaj Ji to Prem Rawat: Paradigm Shifts over the Period of Forty Years as a "Master" (1966-2006)Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America by Eugene V. Gallagher and W. Michael Ashcraft (eds.), Vol. IV: Asian Traditions, Greenwood Publishing GroupUSISBN 0-275-98712-4
pp. 63–84[162]
2006-12-20Newsletter (digital)Prem Rawat’s “Words of Peace” Receives Brazilian TV AwardInspire by The Prem Rawat FoundationU.S.[163]
Cagan, Andrea2007-01-16Book (biography)Peace is Possible: The Life and Message of Prem RawatMighty River PressU.S.ISBN 0-9788694-9-4
OCLC 123014238[164]
Mendick, Robert2007-05-31Article (newspaper)Cult leader gives cash to Lord Mayor appealEvening StandardUK, Londonp. 4[165]
Rawat, Prem
et al.
2007-06-01Public addressPrem Rawat at Guildhall, LondonThe Prem Rawat Foundation (DVD release)UK, London[166]
Rossiter, Joe2007-11-25Article (newspaper)Patrick Halley: Outgoing reporter lived colorful lifeDetroit Free PressU.S., Detroit[167]
Mendick, Robert2007-11-30
2007-12-02
Article (newspaper)Guru followers asked to target Gandhi partyEvening Standard
Gulf Times
UK, London
Qatar, Doha
[168]
Rawat, Prem
Robles, Marta (interviewer)
2007Interview (DVD)Journey Within: a conversation between journalist Marta Robles and Prem Rawat, Barcelona, SpainThe Prem Rawat Foundation [169]
Bromley, David G.2007Book (part)Teaching New Religious MovementsAar Teaching Religious Studies Series by American Academy of ReligionU.S. ISBN 0-19-517729-0[170]
Metz, Cade2008-02-06Article (magazine)Wikipedia ruled by 'Lord of the Universe'The RegisterUK[141]
Finch, Michael2009BookWithout the Guru: How I Took My Life Back After Thirty YearsBookSurge PublishingU.S. ISBN 1-4392-4504-5

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