• Source: Robert Balch

Robert William Balch adalah seorang sosiolog dari Universitas Montana. Balch dikenal karena studinya terhadap Heaven's Gate (bersama David Taylor), Aryan Nations, dan Love Family.




Pendidikan


Ph.D., Sosiologi, Universitas Oregon, 1972
M.A., Sosiologi, Universitas Negara Bagian Arizona, 1968
S.K., Sosiologi, Universitas Negara Bagian Arizona, 1966




Publikasi


Forthcoming, "The Rise and Fall of Aryan Nations: A Resource Mobilization Perspective." Journal of Political and Military Sociology.
2003. "Heaven's Gate: Implications for the Study of Commitment to New Religions." pp. 122–237 in James R. Lewis, (ed.), Encyclopedic Sourcebook of UFO Religions. Amherst, NY: Prometheus. (co-author, David Taylor)
2002. "Making Sense of the Heaven's Gate Suicides." pp. 209–228 in David G. Bromley and J. Gordon Melton (eds.), Cults, Religion, and Violence. New York: Cambridge University Press.
1998 "How the Problem of Malfeasance Gets Overlooked in Studies of New Religions: An Examination of the AWARE Study of [CUT]," Robert W. Balch & Stephan Langdon in Wolves within the Fold. Anson Shupe, Ed. Rutgers.
1977. "Seekers and Saucers: The Role of the Cultic Milieu in Joining a UFO Cult." Rob Balch & David Taylor. American Behavioral Scientist 20, no. 6 (1977), P. 839-60.
1976 "Salvation in a UFO.", Robert W. Balch & David Taylor. Psychology Today 10




Pranala luar


Robert Balch, Profesor, Departemen Sosiologi, Universitas Montana

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