In Gods We Trust: New Patterns of Religious Pluralism in America - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0878557466 ISBN 13: 9780878557462

Publisher: Transaction Publishers, 1980

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-The collaboration of Thomas Robbins, a sociologist, and Dick Anthony, a psychologist, resulted in a significant text on many facets of the religious cults that have appeared recently on the American scene. . . . The book, basically a reader, consists of eighteen articles by twenty-two contributors that are organized in five sections. . . . This is a good, comprehensive reader. . . . Many of the articles utilize a variety of research methods resulting in the distillation of statistical data. Other good features include a comprehensive bibliography, abundant annotation, and adequate identification of the individual authors. . . . Robbins and Anthony have structured a meaningful text that provides a deeper understanding of cults. It is a useful addition to the field of sociology and particularly to the study of sociology of religion, deviance, and social problems.- --Martin E. Danzig, Contemporary Sociology "The collaboration of Thomas Robbins, a sociologist, and Dick Anthony, a psychologist, resulted in a significant text on many facets of the religious cults that have appeared recently on the American scene. . . . The book, basically a reader, consists of eighteen articles by twenty-two contributors that are organized in five sections. . . . This is a good, comprehensive reader. . . . Many of the articles utilize a variety of research methods resulting in the distillation of statistical data. Other good features include a comprehensive bibliography, abundant annotation, and adequate identification of the individual authors. . . . Robbins and Anthony have structured a meaningful text that provides a deeper understanding of cults. It is a useful addition to the field of sociology and particularly to the study of sociology of religion, deviance, and social problems." --Martin E. Danzig, Contemporary Sociology "The collaboration of Thomas Robbins, a sociologist, and Dick Anthony, a psychologist, resulted in a significant text on many facets of the religious cults that have appeared recently on the American scene. . . . The book, basically a reader, consists of eighteen articles by twenty-two contributors that are organized in five sections. . . . This is a good, comprehensive reader. . . . Many of the articles utilize a variety of research methods resulting in the distillation of statistical data. Other good features include a comprehensive bibliography, abundant annotation, and adequate identification of the individual authors. . . . Robbins and Anthony have structured a meaningful text that provides a deeper understanding of cults. It is a useful addition to the field of sociology and particularly to the study of sociology of religion, deviance, and social problems." --Martin E. Danzig, Contemporary Sociology

About the Author

Thomas Robbins received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of North Carolina. He has taught at or held research appointments at numerous universities. His publications include Cults, Converts, and Charisma, and Church-State Relations. Dick Anthony is a forensic psychologist noted for his writings on brainwashing, and one of the most prolific researchers of the social and psychological aspects of involvement in new religious movements.

Edition details

• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0878557466
• ISBN 13: 9780878557462
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 338
• Editor: Robbins Thomas, Anthony Dick