Eastern Philosophy

Max Weber

Quakerism

Ritual Satanic Abuse

Alternative
Religions and Cults

Children of God

Scientology

Book

From Slogans to Mantras: Social Protest and Religious Conversion in the Late Vietnam War Era. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press: 2001.

Articles

"House of Judah, he Northeast Kingdom Community, and 'the Jonestown Problem': Downplaying Child Physical Abuse and Ignoring Serious Evidence," International Journal of Cultic Studies 1 No. 1 (2010): 27-48.

"Contemporary Uses of the Brainwashing Concept: 2000 to Mid-2007." Cultic Studies Review 7 No. 2 (2008): 99-128.

“Narcissistic Fraud in the Ancient World: Lucian’s Account of Alexander of Abonuteichos and the Cult of Glycon.” Ancient Narrative 6 (2007): 77-99, 161; Reprinted in Cultic Studies Review 7 No. 3 (2008): 199-227.

“A Matter of Principle: Fundamentalist Mormon Polygamy, Children, and Human Rights Debates.” Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions 10 Issue 1 (2006): 7-29.

“Education and Re-education in Ideological Organizations and Their Implications for Children.” Cultic Studies Review 4 No. 2 (2005): 119-145.

“Scientific Evaluation of the Dangers Posed by Religious Groups: A Partial Model.” Cultic Studies Review 3 No. 2/3 (2004); 101-134; Revised Reprint in The New Religious Question: State Regulation or State Interference? Edited by Pauline Côté and Jeremy T. Gunn. Berlin: Peter Lang (2006): 343-370.

“Generational Revolt by the Adult Children of First-Generation Members of the Children of God/The Family.” Cultic Studies Review 3 No. 1 (2004): 56-72.

(co-author with Doni Whitsett). "Cults and Families." Families and Society (October-December): 491-502; Reprinted in Cultic Studies Review 3 No. 2 (2004).

"Spiritual Kinship and New Religions." Religious Studies and Theology 22 No.1 (2003):85-100.

(with Joe Szimhart). “Exit Counseling and the Decline of Deprogramming.” Cultic Studies Review 1 No.3 (2002); Downloaded from:<http://www.culticstudiesreview.org/csr_issues/csr_toc2002.3.htm> on December 10, 2002.

"Zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Religionen und neuen religiosen Bewegungen." Berliner Dialog Heft 2 (1998): 4-8.

(with Theresa Krebs). "Academic Compromises in the Social Scientific Study of Altertative Religions." Nova Religio 2 No.1 (October, 1998): 44-54.

"Radical Rhetoric and Mystical Religion in America's Late Vietnam War Era." Religion 23 no.1 (January, 1993):45-60.

(second author with Robert H. Cartwright). "Social Control in Alternative Religions: a Familial Perspective." Sociological Analysis. (Winter, 1992): 345-361.

"Slogan Chanters to Mantra Chanters: A Mertonian Deviance Analysis of Conversion to the Religious Organizations of the Early 1970s." Sociological Analysis 49 no.2 (1988): 104-118; Edited reprint in Sights on the Sixties, edited by Barbara L. Tischler. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1992.

"Deviance Labelling and Normative Strategies in the Canadian 'New Religions/Countercult' Debate," Canadian Journal of Sociology 15 no.4 (1990): 393-416.

Encyclopedia Articles

(co-author with Janet Klippenstein). 2008. “New Religions.” Encyclopedia of Love in World Religions, Volume 2. Edited by Yudit Kornberg Greenberg. Oxford: ABC Clio: 447-451.

(co-author with Susan Raine). “New Religious Movements.” Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Edited by E.K. Brown. Volume 8. 2nd Edition. Oxford: Elsevier, 2006: 608-611.

"Violence." The Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Edited by William Swatos. London: Alta Mira Press, 1998: 540.

(with Melodie Campbell). "UFO/Flying Saucer Cults," The Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Edited by William Swatos. London: Alta Mira Press, 1998: 531-532.

"Cults." The Encyclopedia of Sociology, Volume 1. Edited by Edgar F. Borgotta and Marie L. Borgotta. New York: Macmillian, 1992:402-404.

"Freemasonry," Canadian Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition. Edmonton, Alberta: Hurtig Publishers, 1988: 845.

"Crimes." The Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Edited by William Swatos. London: Alta Mira Press, 1988: 121-122.

"Deviance." The Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Edited by William Swatos. London: Alta Mira Press, 1988: 137-139.

Book Chapters

"Harm, Human Rights, and the Continued Criminalization of Fundamentalist Mormon Polygamy." In Fundamentalism, Politics, and the Law. Edited by Marci Hamilton and Mark Rozell. New York: Palgrave (2011): 161-193.

"Post-World War II New Religious Movements in the West." In The World's Religions: Continuities and Transformations. Edited by Peter Clarke and Peter Beyer. 2nd Edition. London: Routledge (2008): 492-510.  

(second author with Gordon Drever). "Gods From Afar," in Edmonton: The Life of a City. Edited by Bob Hesketh and Frances Swyripa. Edmonton: NeWest Press (1995): 275-282.

(coauthor with Charles Hobart). "Religion and Societies," in Introduction to Sociology, 2nd Edition. Edited by David Pierce and Bill Meloff. Scarborough, Ontario: Nelson Canada (1994): 311-339.

"New Religious Movements," in The Sociology of Religion: A Canadian Focus. Edited by Ted Hewitt. New York: Butterworths, 1993: 83-106.

Academic Press

(co-author with Theresa Krebs). "Clarifying Contentious Issues: A Rejoinder to Melton, Shupe, and Lewis." Skeptic No.1 (1999):21-26.

(co-author with Theresa Krebs). "When Scholars Know Sin: Alternative Religions and their Academic Supporters." Skeptic 6 No.3 (1998): 36-44.

Book Reviews

Douglas Curran, In Advance of the Landing: Folk Concepts of Outer Space. Sociological Analysis 49 no.2 (1988): 197-198. Popular Press:

Legal Consultations and Testimonies

"B.F. et al v. Society of Kabalarians of Canada et al." SCBC Action No. C983834, Vancouver Registry. Expert Report for Plaintiffs [Concerning Sexual Abuse Allegations]. (August 24, 1999).

Reference Opinion to the Supreme Court of British Columbia on Behalf of Stop Polygamy in Canada in the Matter of The Constitutional Question Act, R.s.B.C. 1986, C. 68 and the Matter of The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and in the Matter of: a Reference by the Lieutenant Governor in Council Set Out in Order in Council No. 533 Dated October 22, 2009 Concerning the Constitutionality of S. 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada, R.S.C. 1985, C.C-46 (July 15, 2010).

Amicus Curiae Submission Concerning Polygamy on Behalf of Stop Polygamy in Canada; Cross Examination in the Supreme Court of British Columbia at Vancouver, Concerning the Constitutionality of Section 293 of the Criminal Code (January 19, 2011).

Talks and Lectures

"The History of Credibility Attacks Against Former Cult Members," Slightly Revised Version of a Paper Presented at the FECRIS [European Federation of Centres of Research and Information on sectarianism] Conference, Warsaw, Poland, May 7, 2011.
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