{"product_id":"misunderstanding-cults-benjamin-zablocki-9780802043733","title":"Misunderstanding Cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMisunderstanding Cults\u003c\/em\u003e provides a uniquely balanced contribution to what has become a highly polarized area of study. Working towards a moderate \"third path\" in the heated debate over new religious movements or cults, this collection includes contributions from both scholars who have been characterized as \"anticult\" and those characterized as \"cult-apologists.\" The study incorporates multiple viewpoints as well as a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives, with the stated goal of depolarizing the discussion over alternative religious movements. A prominent section within the book focuses explicitly on the issue of scholarly objectivity and the danger of partisanship in the study of cults.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection also includes contributions on the controversial and much misunderstood topic of brainwashing, as well as discussions of cult violence, children brought up in unconventional religious movements, and the conflicts between alternative religious movements and their critics. Unique in its breadth, this is the first study of new religious movements to address the main points of controversy within the field while attempting to find a middle ground between opposing camps of scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Zablocki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802043739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802043733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.44h x 6.20w x 1.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2002 pg. 13","brand":"Benjamin Zablocki","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086320054527,"sku":"9780802043733","price":139.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1e0c1809-1350-4843-a285-8b66108381f7.jpg?v=1769094012","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/misunderstanding-cults-benjamin-zablocki-9780802043733","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}