Stephen A. Kent 2123063 221978564 2008-06-26T23:35:35Z Deconstructhis 3905009 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] good faith revision 221964062 (see discussion page) {{Infobox Person | name = Stephen A. Kent | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Professor of [[Sociology]], [[University of Alberta]] | spouse = | parents = | children = }} '''Stephen A. Kent''', is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the [[University of Alberta]] in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]. He researches new and alternative [[religion]]s, and has published research on several such groups including the [[Children of God]] (also known as The Family), the [[Church of Scientology]], and newer [[faith]]s operating in Canada. ==plagiarism victim== In June 2005 the newspaper ''[[The Independent]]'' ran an article "A Dangerous War on Psychiatry" by Dr. [[Raj Persaud]], which was [[Plagiarism|plagiarized]] from Kent's article "The Globalization of Scientology; Influence, Control and Opposition in Transnational Markets".<ref name="peterkin">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2139192/TV-psychiatrist-Dr-Raj-Persaud-admits-copying-work-of-other-academics.html|title=TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud admits copying work of other academics: Raj Persaud, the television psychiatrist, has admitted copying the work of other academics in his book `From the Edge of the Couch' and in articles that he submitted to the national media and scientific journals|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=[[June 16]], [[2008]]|accessdate=2008-06-16|last=Peterkin|first=Tom}}</ref> At that time, the paper blamed a "production error" and altered the article in its web archives to properly attribute Kent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article295712.ece |title=Raj Persaud: A dangerous war on psychiatry |publisher=The Independent |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-06-16}}</ref> In June 2008, Persaud admitted his plagiarism at a disciplinary hearing, and blamed a "confused mental state" because of workload. <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7465539.stm Media doctor's future in balance], BBC, June 20, 2008</ref> It resulted in him being suspended for three months. <ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4179597.ece TV psychiatrist Raj Persaud suspended for plagiarism], The Times, June 21, 2008</ref> == Works == === Books === * ''[[From Slogans to Mantras|From slogans to mantras: social protest and religious conversion in the late Vietnam war era]]'', Syracuse University press, 2001, ISBN 0-8156-2948-6 * ''[http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/~skent/Linkedfiles/Brainwashing%20and%20Re-Indoctrination%20Programs%20in%20the%20Children%20of%20God.htm Brainwashing Programs in The Family/Children of God, and Scientology].'' in Zablocki, Benjamin et al.: ''[[Misunderstanding Cults (book)|Misunderstanding Cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field]]'', 2001, ISBN 0-8020-8188-6, 349-378 === Articles === * ''Valentinian Gnoticism and Classical Samkhya--A Thematic and Structural Comparison'', Philosophy East and West 30 no.2 (April, 1980): 241-259. * ''Puritan Radicalism and the New Religious Organizations: Seventeenthe Century England and Contemporary America'', Comparative Social Research 10, (1987): 3-46. * ''[http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/kent/eastern.html Scientology's Relationship With Eastern Religious Traditions]'' Berliner Dialog Heft 1-97 * ''[http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/~skent/Linkedfiles/lustfulprophet.htm Lustful Prophet: A Psychosexual Historical Study of the Children of God's Leader, David Berg]'', Cultic Studies Journal Volume 11 No. 2 : 135-188, 1994 * ''[http://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Misattribution_and_Social_Control_in_the_Children_of_God Misattribution and Social Control in the Children of God]'', Journal of Religion and Health. 33 No.1,: 29-43, 1994. *''[http://www.lermanet2.com/scientology/gulags/BrainwashinginScientology'sRehabilitationProjectForce.htm Brainwashing in Scientology's Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF)]'', 1997 * ''[http://www.skeptictank.org/wsns.htm When Scholars Know Sin]'', Skeptic Magazine Vol. 6, No. 3, 1998. * ''[http://www.apologeticsindex.org/s04a13.html The Globalization of Scientology]'', Religion 29, 1999: 147-169. * ''[http://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Clarifying_Contentious_Issues:_A_Rejoinder_to_Melton%2C_Shupe%2C_and_Lewis Clarifying Contentious Issues: A Rejoinder to Melton, Shupe, and Lewis]'' Skeptic 7 No.1, 1999, 21-26. * ''[http://www.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/mjr/kent.html Scientology -- Is this a Religion?]'' Marburg Journal of Religion, Volume 4, No. 1, 1999. * ''[http://www.holysmoke.org/cos/kent-fake-religion.htm The Creation of 'Religious' Scientology]'', Religious Studies and Theology, 18 No. 2, 1999. * ''[http://www.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/mjr/kent2.html The French and German versus American Debate over 'New Religions', Scientology, and Human Rights]'', Marburg Journal of Religion, Volume 6, No. 1, 2001. * ''[http://www.icsahome.com/infoserv_articles/kent_stephen_exitanddeclineofdeprograming_abs.htm Exit Counseling and the Decline of Deprogramming].'', Cultic Studies Review 1 No.3, 2002. * ''[http://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Generational_Revolt_by_the_Adult_Children_of_First-Generation_Members_of_the_Children_of_God/The_Family Generational Revolt by the Adult Children of First-Generation Members of the Children of God/The Family]'', Cultic Studies Review 3 No. 1, 2004. ==See also== *[[List of cult researchers]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Portal|Scientology|Scientology e meter blue.jpg}} * [http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/~skent/ Stephen Kent's homepage at the university of Alberta] * [http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/sociology/kent.cfm faculty profile] at the University of Alberta * [http://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Stephen_A._Kent Stephen Kent] on xFamily.org ([[wiki]] encyclopedia about the [[children of God]]) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kent, Stephen A.}} [[Category:Canadian sociologists]] [[Category:Sociologists of religion]] [[Category:Researchers of cults and new religious movements]] [[Category:University of Alberta faculty]] [[Category:Scientology]] [[de:Stephen A. 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