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Academic advocacy for new religious movements = of apocalypse and justice /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Academic advocacy for new religious movements/ by Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi.
Reminder of title:	of apocalypse and justice /
Author:	Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin.
Published:	Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland : : 2025.,
Description:	xxii, 290 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
[NT 15003449]:	Chapter 1: Seduced by a Dream of Justice -- Chapter 2: The Consensus in Plan and Action -- Chapter 3: Defending the Children of God/the Family -- Chapter 4: The Unification Church in Search of Respectabily -- Chapter 5: A Memory of Jonestown -- Chapter 6: Defending Rajneesh -- Chapter 7: The Martyrdom of David Koresh -- Chapter 8: Defending more Abuses and more Abusers -- Chapter 9: Collaborating with Scientology -- Chapter 10: Advocacy, Collaboration, and Ethics -- Chapter 11: Lessons to Remember.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Cults. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-83169-0
ISBN:	9783031831690

Academic advocacy for new religious movements = of apocalypse and justice /
Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin.

Academic advocacy for new religious movementsof apocalypse and justice /[electronic resource] :by Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi. - Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2025. - xxii, 290 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

Chapter 1: Seduced by a Dream of Justice -- Chapter 2: The Consensus in Plan and Action -- Chapter 3: Defending the Children of God/the Family -- Chapter 4: The Unification Church in Search of Respectabily -- Chapter 5: A Memory of Jonestown -- Chapter 6: Defending Rajneesh -- Chapter 7: The Martyrdom of David Koresh -- Chapter 8: Defending more Abuses and more Abusers -- Chapter 9: Collaborating with Scientology -- Chapter 10: Advocacy, Collaboration, and Ethics -- Chapter 11: Lessons to Remember.

This book explores the intersection of advocacy and academic practice within the social sciences, focusing on the ethical dimensions and potential consequences of researchers engaging in political action on behalf of the groups they study. Investigating the ethical and practical implications of advocacy in academic work, specifically within the social sciences. It examines how scholars, guided by their research and vision for social change, engage politically to support the groups they study. The book addresses the debate surrounding academic advocacy: is it harmful or a necessary pursuit? Through a detailed study of a historical advocacy movement, it analyzes the global campaign to gain legitimacy for new religious movements (NRMs) between 1980 and 2000. It is an important read for scholars of New Religious Movements and those interested in the way religion is studied. Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Haifa, Israel.

ISBN: 9783031831690

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-83169-0doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

568979
Cults.

LC Class. No.: BP603

Dewey Class. No.: 209

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