In this wide-ranging survey Thomas Robbins assesses the state of the art in sociological and
related work on new religious movements. Concentrating on research on movements in the …

When over 900 followers of the Peoples Temple religious group committed suicide in 1978,
they left a legacy of suspicion and fear. Most accounts of this mass suicide describe the …

This in-depth investigation of Peoples Temple and its tragic end at Jonestown corrects
sensationalized misunderstandings of the group and places its individual members within …

Originally published in 1992, The Esoteric Scene, Cultic Milieu, and Occult Tarot examines
beliefs, practices, and activities described as mystical, psychical, magical, spiritual …

In this book, Judy Kutulas complicates the common view that the 1970s were a time of
counterrevolution against the radical activities and attitudes of the previous decade. Instead …

Статья посвящена рассмотрению моделей репрезентации «Храма народов» в
американских печатных СМИ в период 1978–2018 годов. Посредством сочетания …

Shibutani argued in his book Improvised News that in times of crisis, the demand for news
outpaces the supply, and rumors are published as fact on an" improvised" basis for a …

Notoriously throughout our history, cults of extremist religious views have made the
headlines for a number of different crimes. Simply looking at instances like the Branch …

This study is intended to explore the interactive effect of various interpersonal groups and
longitudinal maturation on the socialization of individuals within a culture. It will deal with …

(This paper was written as a research essay for a course in International History of the Cold
War in the History Programme of the School of Humanities (SoH) at Nanyang Technological …