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| authors = [[Anson D. Shupe]], [[David G. Bromley]] |
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'''''The New Vigilantes: Deprogrammers, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions''''' is a 1980 [[nonfiction]] book on [[Anti-cult movement|anti-cultism]], [[deprogramming]], and [[new religious movement]]s ([[cult]]s) by [[Sociology of religion|sociologists of religion]] [[Anson D. Shupe]] and [[David G. Bromley]]. A foreword was written by Joseph R. Gusfield. It was published by [[SAGE Publishing|SAGE Publications]] in its Library of Social Research series as volume 113. Some have described the volume as a companion to their previous work, ''"[[Unification Church|Moonies]]" in America: Cult, Church, and Crusade'' (1979).<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Robbins |first=Thomas |date=March 1982 |title=The New Vigilantes: Deprogrammers, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1385572 |journal=[[Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion]] |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages= |
'''''The New Vigilantes: Deprogrammers, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions''''' is a 1980 [[nonfiction]] book on [[Anti-cult movement|anti-cultism]], [[deprogramming]], and [[new religious movement]]s ([[cult]]s) by [[Sociology of religion|sociologists of religion]] [[Anson D. Shupe]] and [[David G. Bromley]]. A foreword was written by Joseph R. Gusfield. It was published by [[SAGE Publishing|SAGE Publications]] in its Library of Social Research series as volume 113. Some have described the volume as a companion to their previous work, ''"[[Unification Church|Moonies]]" in America: Cult, Church, and Crusade'' (1979).<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Robbins |first=Thomas |date=March 1982 |title=The New Vigilantes: Deprogrammers, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1385572 |journal=[[Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion]] |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=80–81 }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Wright |first=Stuart A. |date=December 1982 |title=The New Vigilantes: Deprogrammers, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3511115 |journal=[[Review of Religious Research]] |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=175–76 }}</ref> Shupe and Bromley approach the anti-cult movement in the United States through a [[Resource mobilization|resource-mobilization]] lens.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Robertson |first=Roland |date=January 1982 |title=The New Vigilantes: Deprogrammers, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2066674 |journal=[[Contemporary Sociology]] |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=97–98}}</ref> |
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== Reception == |
== Reception == |
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Some scholars believe that ''The New Vigilantes'' has great scholarly value. [[Roland Robertson]] for ''[[Contemporary Sociology]]'' wrote that "the book is, for all of its theoretical disorganization, a helpful contribution to our understanding of modern American society".<ref name=":2" /> [[Thomas Robbins (sociologist)|Thomas Robbins]] for the ''[[Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion]]'' noted that the authors "exhibit a kind of detached evenhandedness" which "places the views of the concerned parents, clergy, [[Deprogramming|deprogrammers]], ex-devotees and |
Some scholars believe that ''The New Vigilantes'' has great scholarly value. [[Roland Robertson]] for ''[[Contemporary Sociology]]'' wrote that "the book is, for all of its theoretical disorganization, a helpful contribution to our understanding of modern American society".<ref name=":2" /> [[Thomas Robbins (sociologist)|Thomas Robbins]] for the ''[[Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion]]'' noted that the authors "exhibit a kind of detached evenhandedness" which "places the views of the concerned parents, clergy, [[Deprogramming|deprogrammers]], ex-devotees and clinicians... on the same [[Ontology|ontological]] level as the notion of [[cult]]ist zealots".<ref name=":0" /> [[Stuart A. Wright]] for ''[[Review of Religious Research]]'' argues that combined with ''"Moonies" in America'' the two works "provide a valuable and scholarly contribution to the dynamics between a [[social movement]] ([[Unification Church]]) and [[countermovement]] ([[anti-cult movement]])".<ref name=":1" /> He adds that the book "also provides a provocative and critical analysis of 'psychological [[brainwashing]]' claims".<ref name=":1" /> Meredith B. McGuire for ''[[Sociological Analysis]]'' called the book a "straight-forward descriptive account of the recent anti-cult movement", and adds that the book is "readable, though somewhat repetitive and short on theoretical interpretation".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=McGuire |first=Meredith B. |date=Summer 1981 |title=Alternative Religions: Government Control and the First Amendment; The New Vigilantes: Deprogrammers, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3710594 |journal=[[Sociological Analysis]] |volume=42 |issue=2 |pages=177–79 }}</ref> Joe E. Barnhart for the ''[[Journal of Church and State]]'' calls the work a "major contribution to the study of a slice of American religious and organizational life in the 1970s".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Barnhart |first=Joe E. |date=Winter 1982 |title=The New Vigilantes: Deprogrammers, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23916535 |journal=[[Journal of Church and State]] |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=142–43 }}</ref> |
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Other scholars found Shupe and Bromley's conclusions daunting and flawed. [[Arthur A. Dole]] for ''[[Journal of Religion & Health]]'' – who noted their paternal relationship with a former Unification Church member – believed that the movement is "too complicated and the facts too sparse to justify any comprehensive universal theory about cult and anti-cult".<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Dole |first=Arthur A. |date=Spring 1982 |title=The New Vigilantes: Deprogrammers, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27505663 |journal=[[Journal of Religion and Health]] |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=89–90 |
Other scholars found Shupe and Bromley's conclusions daunting and flawed. [[Arthur A. Dole]] for ''[[Journal of Religion & Health]]'' – who noted their paternal relationship with a former Unification Church member – believed that the movement is "too complicated and the facts too sparse to justify any comprehensive universal theory about cult and anti-cult".<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Dole |first=Arthur A. |date=Spring 1982 |title=The New Vigilantes: Deprogrammers, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27505663 |journal=[[Journal of Religion and Health]] |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=89–90 }}</ref> Dole also criticizes Shupe and Bromley's apparent disregard for important elements of anti-cult behavior, like the parental instinct to protect a child, and apparent bias against the anti-cult movement; he also criticizes the lack of important works of scholarship available on the Unification Church like [[Irving Louis Horowitz|Irving L. Horowitz]]'s ''Science, Sin, and Scholarship'' (1978).<ref name=":3" /> [[William Sims Bainbridge]] for ''[[Social Forces]]'' notes how Shupe and Bromley seemingly miss entire portions of the anti-cult movement, like the United States federal government "war with [[Scientology]]", because they are too focused on the anti-cult attack on the Unification Church.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last=Bainbridge |first=William Sims |date=March 1982 |title=The New Vigilantes |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2578429 |journal=[[Social Forces]] |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=955–57}}</ref> He also notes some severe methodological flaws of the work, primarily a lack of [[Survey (human research)|survey research]] conducted on the anti-cult movement.<ref name=":4" /> In comparing the work to Michael W. Agopian's ''Parental Child-Stealing'' (1981), Roy L. Austin for ''[[The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science]]'' says that the works do not "make a worthwhile contribution to our understanding of [[Deviance (sociology)|deviance]]".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Austin |first=Roy L. |date=May 1982 |title=Parental Child-Stealing; The New Vigilantes: Deprogrammers, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1044040 |journal=[[The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science]] |volume=461 |issue=Young Children and Social Policy |pages=187–88 }}</ref> In reviewing this work, ''"Moonies" in America'', and Shupe and Bromley's ''Strange Gods'' (1981), Jack C. Ross for the ''[[Canadian Journal of Sociology]]'' argues that their methodology relies too heavily on trusting that the authors conducted the interviews and observed the events as they say.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ross |first=Jack C. |date=Autumn 1983 |title="Moonies" in America: Cult, Church, and Crusade; The New Vigilantes: Deprogramming, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions; Strange Gods: The Great American Cult Scare |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3339853 |journal=[[Canadian Journal of Sociology]] |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=469–72 }}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 20:58, 26 September 2024
 Cover | |
| Authors | Anson D. Shupe, David G. Bromley |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | nonfiction |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Publication date | 1980 |
| Pages | 267 |
| ISBN | 9780803915428 |
| OCLC | 06762468 |
The New Vigilantes: Deprogrammers, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions is a 1980 nonfiction book on anti-cultism, deprogramming, and new religious movements (cults) by sociologists of religion Anson D. Shupe and David G. Bromley. A foreword was written by Joseph R. Gusfield. It was published by SAGE Publications in its Library of Social Research series as volume 113. Some have described the volume as a companion to their previous work, "Moonies" in America: Cult, Church, and Crusade (1979).[1][2] Shupe and Bromley approach the anti-cult movement in the United States through a resource-mobilization lens.[3]
Reception
[edit]Some scholars believe that The New Vigilantes has great scholarly value. Roland Robertson for Contemporary Sociology wrote that "the book is, for all of its theoretical disorganization, a helpful contribution to our understanding of modern American society".[3] Thomas Robbins for the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion noted that the authors "exhibit a kind of detached evenhandedness" which "places the views of the concerned parents, clergy, deprogrammers, ex-devotees and clinicians... on the same ontological level as the notion of cultist zealots".[1] Stuart A. Wright for Review of Religious Research argues that combined with "Moonies" in America the two works "provide a valuable and scholarly contribution to the dynamics between a social movement (Unification Church) and countermovement (anti-cult movement)".[2] He adds that the book "also provides a provocative and critical analysis of 'psychological brainwashing' claims".[2] Meredith B. McGuire for Sociological Analysis called the book a "straight-forward descriptive account of the recent anti-cult movement", and adds that the book is "readable, though somewhat repetitive and short on theoretical interpretation".[4] Joe E. Barnhart for the Journal of Church and State calls the work a "major contribution to the study of a slice of American religious and organizational life in the 1970s".[5]
Other scholars found Shupe and Bromley's conclusions daunting and flawed. Arthur A. Dole for Journal of Religion & Health – who noted their paternal relationship with a former Unification Church member – believed that the movement is "too complicated and the facts too sparse to justify any comprehensive universal theory about cult and anti-cult".[6] Dole also criticizes Shupe and Bromley's apparent disregard for important elements of anti-cult behavior, like the parental instinct to protect a child, and apparent bias against the anti-cult movement; he also criticizes the lack of important works of scholarship available on the Unification Church like Irving L. Horowitz's Science, Sin, and Scholarship (1978).[6] William Sims Bainbridge for Social Forces notes how Shupe and Bromley seemingly miss entire portions of the anti-cult movement, like the United States federal government "war with Scientology", because they are too focused on the anti-cult attack on the Unification Church.[7] He also notes some severe methodological flaws of the work, primarily a lack of survey research conducted on the anti-cult movement.[7] In comparing the work to Michael W. Agopian's Parental Child-Stealing (1981), Roy L. Austin for The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science says that the works do not "make a worthwhile contribution to our understanding of deviance".[8] In reviewing this work, "Moonies" in America, and Shupe and Bromley's Strange Gods (1981), Jack C. Ross for the Canadian Journal of Sociology argues that their methodology relies too heavily on trusting that the authors conducted the interviews and observed the events as they say.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Robbins, Thomas (March 1982). "The New Vigilantes: Deprogrammers, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 21 (1): 80–81.
- ^ a b c Wright, Stuart A. (December 1982). "The New Vigilantes: Deprogrammers, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions". Review of Religious Research. 24 (2): 175–76.
- ^ a b Robertson, Roland (January 1982). "The New Vigilantes: Deprogrammers, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions". Contemporary Sociology. 11 (1): 97–98.
- ^ McGuire, Meredith B. (Summer 1981). "Alternative Religions: Government Control and the First Amendment; The New Vigilantes: Deprogrammers, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions". Sociological Analysis. 42 (2): 177–79.
- ^ Barnhart, Joe E. (Winter 1982). "The New Vigilantes: Deprogrammers, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions". Journal of Church and State. 24 (1): 142–43.
- ^ a b Dole, Arthur A. (Spring 1982). "The New Vigilantes: Deprogrammers, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions". Journal of Religion and Health. 21 (1): 89–90.
- ^ a b Bainbridge, William Sims (March 1982). "The New Vigilantes". Social Forces. 60 (3): 955–57.
- ^ Austin, Roy L. (May 1982). "Parental Child-Stealing; The New Vigilantes: Deprogrammers, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 461 (Young Children and Social Policy): 187–88.
- ^ Ross, Jack C. (Autumn 1983). ""Moonies" in America: Cult, Church, and Crusade; The New Vigilantes: Deprogramming, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions; Strange Gods: The Great American Cult Scare". Canadian Journal of Sociology. 8 (4): 469–72.