Benjamin D. Zablocki, Ph.D.

Benjamin D. Zablocki, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University has been studying cults, communes, and charisma for 36 years.  He is the author of The Joyful Community (1971) and Alienation and Charisma (1980) as well as numerous articles on these topics.  He is co-editor (with Thomas Robbins) of a book, Misunderstanding Cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field, published in 2001 by University of Toronto Press.  This book attempts to find a middle ground between the theories of the “cult apologists” and the theories of the “anti-cultists.”  (zablocki@sociology.rutgers.edu.)  http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~zablocki/

Contributions by author

Conference 1997: PA Presenter
Conference 2001 NJ: Speakers
Conference 2002 FL: Events
Conference 2003 CA: Agenda
Conference 2004 GA: Events Overview
Conference 2005 Madrid: Agenda
Conference 2008: Philadelphia home
Conference/Congrès 2007: _Brussels Home - Bruxelles Page d'acceuil
Misunderstanding Cults - Book Review by Arthur A. Dole, Ph.D.
Zablocki, Benjamin, Ph.D.: "Methodological Fallacies in Atnhony's Critiqueof  Exit Cost Analysis"
Zablocki, Benjamin, Ph.D.: "Proposing a 'Bill of Inalienable Rights' for Intentional Communities" - abstract