Academic Advocacy for New Religious Movements
Of Apocalypse and Justice
Samenvatting
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.
Specificaties
Inhoudsopgave
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
Rubrieken
- cadeauboeken
- computer en informatica
- economie
- filosofie
- flora en fauna
- geneeskunde
- geschiedenis
- gezondheid
- jeugd
- juridisch
- koken en eten
- kunst en cultuur
- literatuur en romans
- mens en maatschappij
- naslagwerken
- non-fictie informatief/professioneel
- paramedisch
- psychologie
- reizen
- religie
- schoolboeken
- spiritualiteit
- sport, hobby, lifestyle
- thrillers en spanning
- wetenschap en techniek
- woordenboeken en taal
