TY - BOOK AU - Zablocki,Benjamin David AU - Robbins,Thomas TI - Misunderstanding cults: searching for objectivity in a controversial field SN - 9781442677302 (electronic bk.) AV - BP603 .M575 2001eb U1 - 306.6 22 PY - 2001/// CY - Toronto, Buffalo PB - University of Toronto Press KW - Cults KW - Cultes KW - Sekten KW - gtt KW - Objectiviteit KW - Kult KW - swd KW - Aufsatzsammlung KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references; 'O truant muse': collaborationism and research integrity / Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi -- Balance and fairness in the study of alternative religions / Thomas Robbins -- Caught up in the cult wars: confessions of a Canadian researcher / Susan J. Palmer -- Pitfalls in the sociological study of cults / Janja Lalich -- Towards a demystified and disinterested scientific theory of brainwashing / Benjamin Zablocki -- Tactical ambiguity and brainwashing formulations: science or pseudo science / Dick Anthony -- A tale of two theories: brainwashing and conversion in competing political narratives / David Bromley -- Brainwashing programs in the family/children of God and scientology / Stephen A. Kent -- Raising Lazarus: a methodological critique of Stephen Kent's Revival of the brainwashing model / Lorne L. Dawson -- Compelling evidence: a rejoinder to Lorne Dawson's chapter / Stephen A. Kent -- Child-rearing issues in totalist groups / Amy Siskind -- Contested narratives: a case study of the conflict between a new religious movement and its critics / Julius H. Rubin -- The roots of religious violence in America / Jeffrey Kaplan UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=468301 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy032/2002265303.html ER -