Stephen A. Kent, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Professor Kent researches new and alternative religions, and has published research on several such groups including the Children of God/The Family, the Church of Scientology, and others. He has also been quoted by the media in coverage of cults and new religious movements on numerous occasions. The University of Alberta is situated along the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River in the heart of the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada University of Alberta on the south side of Edmonton // History The University was founded in 1908. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Industry Integrity Progress City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Location. ... The Children of God (COG), later known as the Family of Love and The Family and now The Family International, is a new religious movement that started in 1968 in Huntington Beach, California, USA. It sprang from the Jesus Movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... The Family can refer to: The new religious movement, The Family, formerly called the Children of God that was quite famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... Official Scientology Cross Symbol The Church of Scientology was founded by author L. Ron Hubbard as an organization dedicated to the practice of Scientology, an applied religious philosophy formulated by Hubbard. ... In religion and sociology, a cult is a group of people (often a new religious movement) devoted to beliefs and goals which may be contradictory to those held by the majority of society. ... A new religious movement or NRM appears as a religious, ethical or spiritual grouping that has not (yet) become recognised as a standard denomination, church, or body, especially when it has a novel belief system and when it is not a sect. ...

His works do not show the strong general skepticism that some of his colleagues have about the testimonies of critical former members of new religious movements. Apostasy (Greek απο, apo, away, apart, στασις, stasis, standing) is the formal renunciation of ones religion. ...

Bibliography

• Kent, Stephen A. From slogans to mantras: social protest and religious conversion in the late Vietnam war era Syracuse University press, 2001 ISBN 0-8156-2948-6

-1... Religious conversion is the adoption of new religious beliefs that differ from the converts previous beliefs; in some cultures (e. ... The Vietnam War was fought from 1957 to 1975 between Soviet-supported Vietnamese nationalist and Communist forces and an array of Western and pro-Western forces, most notably the United States. ... Syracuse University Syracuse University (SU) is a major private American research university. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

References

• Stephen A. Kent, Ph.D. homepage at the university of Alberta
• Stephen A. Kent on xFamily.org (wiki encyclopedia about the children of God)

A wiki (pronounced , or ; see Pronunciation below) is a web application that allows users to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content. ... The Children of God (COG), later known as the Family of Love and The Family and now The Family International, is a new religious movement that started in 1968 in Huntington Beach, California, USA. It sprang from the Jesus Movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. ...

More information

• Stephen A. Kent, faculty profile
• Stephen A. Kent on ApologeticsIndex