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'''Anson D. Shupe''' is an ] ] who studies religious groups and the ]. He is a Professor of Sociology at the joint campus of ]-] at ], teaching courses such as "Deviant Behavior and Social Control" and "Sociology of Religion". <ref>, profile at Indiana University - Purdue University. </ref> '''Anson D. Shupe''' (b. 1948) is an ] ] who studies religious groups and the ]. He is a Professor of Sociology at the joint campus of ]-] at ], teaching courses such as "Deviant Behavior and Social Control" and "Sociology of Religion". <ref>, profile at Indiana University - Purdue University. </ref>


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⚫ ==Publications==

⚫ == Publications ==

* ''"Moonies" in America: Cult. Church. and Crusade''. Beverly Hills, CA: SAGE Publications, 1979. (with David G. Bromley). Introduction by John Lofland. 269 pp. * ''"Moonies" in America: Cult. Church. and Crusade''. Beverly Hills, CA: SAGE Publications, 1979. (with David G. Bromley). Introduction by John Lofland. 269 pp.
* ''The New Vigilantes: Anti-Cultists, Deprogrammers and the New Religions''. Beverly Hills, SAGE Publications, 1980. 267 pp. * ''The New Vigilantes: Anti-Cultists, Deprogrammers and the New Religions''. Beverly Hills, SAGE Publications, 1980. 267 pp.
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* ''Spoils of the Kingdom - Clergy Misconduct and Religious Community''. ], 2007. ISBN 0-25203-159-8, ISBN 978-0252031595. * ''Spoils of the Kingdom - Clergy Misconduct and Religious Community''. ], 2007. ISBN 0-25203-159-8, ISBN 978-0252031595.


== Assessment == ==Assessment==

* Jackson W. Carroll, Review of In The Name of All That's Holy, ''Review of Religious Research'' 38 (1996): 90-91. * Jackson W. Carroll, Review of In The Name of All That's Holy, ''Review of Religious Research'' 38 (1996): 90-91.
* Hans A. Baer, Review of The Darker Side of Virtue, ''Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion'', 31 (1992): 242-243. * Hans A. Baer, Review of The Darker Side of Virtue, ''Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion'', 31 (1992): 242-243.
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* , ''The American Lawyer'', June 1997 * , ''The American Lawyer'', June 1997


== References == ==References==

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== External links == ==External links==
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Anson D. Shupe (b. 1948) is an American sociologist who studies religious groups and the anti-cult movement. He is a Professor of Sociology at the joint campus of Indiana State University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne, Indiana, teaching courses such as "Deviant Behavior and Social Control" and "Sociology of Religion".

Publications

  • "Moonies" in America: Cult. Church. and Crusade. Beverly Hills, CA: SAGE Publications, 1979. (with David G. Bromley). Introduction by John Lofland. 269 pp.
  • The New Vigilantes: Anti-Cultists, Deprogrammers and the New Religions. Beverly Hills, SAGE Publications, 1980. 267 pp.
  • Six Perspectives on New Religions: A Case Study Approach. Lewiston and Queenston: Edwin Mellen Press, 1981. 235 pp. ISBN 0-88946-983-0
  • Strange Gods: The Great American Cult Scare. Boston: Beacon, 1981. (with David G. Bromley) 249 pp. ISBN 0-8070-3256-5
  • The Anti-Cult Movement in America: A Bibliography and Historical Survey. New York: Garland Press, 1984. (with David G. Bromley and Donna L. Oliver) i-xiii + 169 pp.
  • A Documentary History of the Anti-Cult Movement. Arlington, TX, University of Texas Center for Social Research Press, 1986. (with David G. Bromley) 376 pp.
  • The Mormon Corporate Empire. Boston: Beacon, 1986. (with John Heinerman) ISBN 0-8070-0406-5
  • Televangelism, Power and Politics on God's Frontier, Anson Shupe and Jeffrey Hadden, Henry Holt & Co (April 1, 1988), 325pp. ISBN 0-8050-0778-4
  • The Darker Side of Virtue: Corruption, Scandal, and the Mormon Empire, Prometheus Books (May 1, 1991), 168pp. ISBN 0-87975-654-3
  • Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective: Revival of Religious Fundamentalism in East and West, Bronislaw Misztal & Anson Shupe (Eds.), Praeger Publishers (November 30, 1992), 240pp. ISBN 0-275-94218-X
  • Anti-Cult Movements in Cross-Cultural Perspective. New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1994. (edited with David G. Bromley). ISBN 0-8153-1428-0
  • Bad Pastors: Clergy Misconduct in Modern America New York: New York University Press, 2000, Edited by Anson Shupe, William A. Stacey, Susan E. Darnell; ISBN 0-8147-8147-0
  • "The Cult Awareness Network and the Anticult Movement: Implications for NRMs in America" (with Susan E. Darnell and Kendrick Moxon) in New Religious Movements and Religious Liberty in America. edited by Derek H. Davis and Barry Hankins. Waco: J.M.Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies and Baylor University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-929182-64-2
  • Agents of Discord: The Cult Awareness Network, Deprogramming and Bad Science. New Brunswick: Transaction, 2006. (with Susan E. Darnell) ISBN 0-7658-0323-2
  • Spoils of the Kingdom - Clergy Misconduct and Religious Community. University of Illinois Press, 2007. ISBN 0-25203-159-8, ISBN 978-0252031595.

Assessment

  • Jackson W. Carroll, Review of In The Name of All That's Holy, Review of Religious Research 38 (1996): 90-91.
  • Hans A. Baer, Review of The Darker Side of Virtue, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 31 (1992): 242-243.
  • A.J. Pavlos, Review of Six Perspectives on New Religions, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 22 (1983): 95-96.
  • Stephen A. Kent and Theresa Krebs, "When Scholars Know Sin: Alternative Religions and Their Academic Supporters," Skeptic, 6/3 (1988): 36-44. Also see J. Gordon Melton, Anson D. Shupe and James R. Lewis, "When Scholars Know Sin" Forum Reply to Kent and Krebs, Skeptic, 7/1 (1999): 14-21.
  • Did Scientology Strike Back?, The American Lawyer, June 1997

References

  1. Anson Shupe, profile at Indiana University - Purdue University.

External links

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