Works By Subject Area

ANCIENT HINDU AND BUDDHST PHILOSOPHY

1. Kent, Stephen A. 1980. “Valentinian Gnosticism and Classical Samkhya — A Thematic and Structural Comparison,” Philosophy East and West 30(2): 241-259. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1398849?origin=crossref

2. Kent, Stephen A. 1982. “‘Early’ Samkhya in the Buddhacarita,” Philosophy East and West 32(3): 259-278. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1398466.

3. Kent, Stephen A. 1982. “A Sectarian Interpretation of the Rise of Mahayana.” Religion 12: 311-322. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0048721X82900525

4. Kent, Stephen A. 1996. “Scientology’s Relationship with Eastern Religious Traditions.” Journal of Contemporary Religion 11(1): 21-36; Two-Part German Translation as “Scientology und ostliche religiose Traditionen,” Berliner Dialog Heft 1-97 (Ostern 1997): 16-21; and “Scientology, religiose Anspruche und Heilungsschwindel,” Berliner Dialog Heft 1-97 (Ostern 1997): 22-25. https://archive.org/details/scientologys-relationship-with-eastern-religious-traditions_202012/mode/2up?view=theater

ANTI-GOVERNMENT

1. Kent, Stephen A., and Robin Willey. 2013. “Sects, Cults, and the Attack on Jurisprudence.” Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion 14, Part 2: 306-360. https://sites.camden.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/03/Sects-Cults-Kent-Willey.pdf

2. Kent, Stephen A. 2015. “Freemen, Sovereign Citizens, and the Challenge to Public Order in British Heritage Countries.” International Journal of Cultic Studies 6: 1-15. https://www.icsahome.com/elibrary/topics/articles/freemen-soverign-citizens

3. Kent, Stephen A. 2020. “Studying Scientology as an Anti-Democratic Institution: Suggestions and Cautions to Future Researchers.” Implicit Religion: 167-174. https://journal.equinoxpub.com/IR/article/view/19161

Legal Consultations, Expert Reports, and Testimonies

2024. Consultation with the Federal Public Defender’s Office (Honolulu, Hawaii) on United States of America vs. Beverly Braumuller-Hawver and Scott F. Hawyer, CR. NO.CR21-99926. (July 1, 2024) (on Sovereign Citizens and affinity fraud).

BRAINWASHING

1. Kent, Stephen A., and Deana Hall. 2000. “Brainwashing and Re-Indoctrination Programs in the Children of God/The Family.” Cultic Studies Journal 17: 56-78. https://articles1.icsahome.com/articles/brainwashing-cog-csj-17

2. Kent, Stephen A. 2008. “Contemporary Uses of the Brainwashing Concept: 2000 to Mid-2007.” Cultic Studies Review7(2): 99-128. https://articles1.icsahome.com/articles/contemporary-uses-of-the-brainwashing-concept-kent

3. Kent, Stephen A. 2003. “Scientology and the European Human Rights Debate: A Reply to Leisa Goodman, J. Gordon Melton, and the European Rehabilitation Project Force Study.” Marburg Journal of Religion 8(1). https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/ep/0004/article/view/3725/3541

4. Kent, Stephen A., and Kelsey Lindquist. 2019. “Contextualizing Debates About Brainwashing Within the Discipline of Sociology.” International Journal of Cultic Studies: 14-31. https://articles3.icsahome.com/articles/contextualizing-debates-about-brainwashing-within

Book Chapters:

5. Kent, Stephen A. 2001. “Brainwashing Programs in The Family/Children of God and Scientology.” Pp. 349-378 in Misunderstanding Cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field, edited by Benjamin Zablocki and Thomas Robbins. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.3138/9781442677302-011/html?lang=en

6. Kent, Stephen A. 2001. “Compelling Evidence: A Rejoinder to Lorne Dawson’s Chapter.” Pp. 401-411 in Misunderstanding Cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field, edited by Benjamin Zablocki and Thomas Robbins. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/50/edited_volume/chapter/3481137

CHILD ABUSE

1. Kent, Stephen A. 1993. “Deviant Scripturalism and Ritual Satanic Abuse. Part One: Possible Judeo-Christian Influences.” Religion 23(3): 229-241. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048721X83710213

2. Kent, Stephen A. 1993. “Deviant Scripturalism and Ritual Satanic Abuse” Part Two: “Possible Mormon, Magick, and Pagan Influences.” Religion 23(4): 355-367. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048721X83710298

3. Diabolic Debates: 1994. “A Reply to David Frankfurter and J. S. La Fontaine,” Religion 24: 361-378. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048721X84710293

4. Kent, Stephen A. 1994. “Misattribution and Social Control in the Children of God.” Journal of Religion and Health. 33(1): 29-43; Reprinted in Spirituality in East and West No. 1 (1997): 16-22. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24263783/

5. Kent, Stephen A., and James Spickard. 1994. “The ‘Other’ Civil Religion and the Tradition of Radical Quaker Politics.” Journal of Church and State (Spring): 301-315. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23919386

6. Kent, Stephen A. 2010. “House of Judah, the Northeast Kingdom Community, and ‘the Jonestown Problem’: Downplaying Child Physical Abuses and Ignoring Serious Evidence.” International Journal of Cultic Studies 1(1): 27-48. https://www.icsahome.com/elibrary/topics/articles/house-of-judah–the-northeast-kingdom-community–and–the-jonestown-problem-kent-ijcs-2010

7. Kent, Stephen A. 2012. “Religious Justifications for Child Sexual Abuse in Cults and New Religions.” International Journal of Cultic Studies 3: 49-73. https://www.icsahome.com/elibrary/topics/articles/religious-justifications-for-child-sexual-abuse-in-cults-kent-ijcs-2012

8. Kent, Stephen A., and Andrea Willey. 2017.” Prosecuting Child Sexual Abuse in Alternative Religions.” International Journal of Cultic Studies 8: 16-36. https://www.icsahome.com/elibrary/topics/articles/prosecuting-child-sexual-abuse-docx

9. Kent, Stephen A., and Kayla Swanson. 2017. “The History of Credibility Attacks Against Former Cult Members.” International Journal of Cultic Studies Special Monograph Edition. 8(2): 1-35. https://www.icsahome.com/elibrary/topics/articles/the-history-of-credibility-attacks-against-former-cult-members-docx

10. Raine, Susan, and Stephen A. Kent. 2019. “The Grooming of Children for Sexual Abuse in Religious Settings: Unique Characteristics and Select Case Studies.” Aggression and Violent Behavior 48:180-189. Reprinted in International Journal of Coercion, Abuse, and Manipulation 3:1-25. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B0WpBkywUEawZlj056n3XVIl2S0vqn1C/view?pli=1

Legal Consultations, Expert Reports, and Testimonies

11. 2024. Written report and expert opinion in Caitlin Erickson et al,, v. Keith Johnson et al., QBG-SA-00766-2022, Judicial Centre Of Saskatoon February 16, 2024 (concerning church and school child abuse).

CHILDREN OF GOD, THE FAMILY, and THE FAMILY INTERNTIONAL

Edited Volume:

1. Cristina Caparesi, Mario Di Fiorino, and Stephen A. Kent, eds. 2002. Costretti ad Amare: Saggi sui Bambini di Dio/The Family. Forte dei Marmi: Centro Studi Psichiatria e Territorio. https://www.unilibro.it/libro/caparesi-cristina-di-fiorino-mario-kent-stephen-a-/costretti-ad-amare-saggi-bambini-dio-the-family/12965998?srsltid=AfmBOorq2AU5habmfB6CtKULfEP6YQWzzXgsgdDeMPSbHvYdwdWnSROR

Articles:

2. Kent, Stephen A. 1994. “Misattribution and Social Control in the Children of God.” Journal of Religion and Health. 33(1): 29-43; Reprinted in Spirituality in East and West No. 1 (1997): 16-22. . https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24263783/

3. Kent, Stephen A. 1994. “Lustful Prophet: A Psychosexual Historical Study of the Children of God’s Founder, David Berg.” Cultic Studies Journal 11(2): 135-188. https://articles1.icsahome.com/articles/lustful-prophet-csj-11-2

4. Kent, Stephen A., and Theresa Krebs. 1998. “Academic Compromise in the Social Scientific Study of Alternative Religions.” Nova Religio 2(1): 44-54. https://online.ucpress.edu/nr/article-abstract/2/1/44/70935/Academic-Compromise-in-the-Social-Scientific-Study?redirectedFrom=fulltext

5. Kent, Stephen A., and Deana Hall. 2000. “Brainwashing and Re-Indoctrination Programs in the Children of God/The Family.” Cultic Studies Journal 17: 56-78. https://articles1.icsahome.com/articles/brainwashing-cog-csj-17

6. Kent, Stephen A. 2004. “Generational Revolt by the Adult Children of First-Generation Members of the Children of God/The Family.” Cultic Studies Review 3(1): 56-72. https://articles1.icsahome.com/articles/generational-revolt-by-the-adult-children-of-first-generation-members-of-the-children-of-godthe-family

7. Kent, Stephen A., and Jonathan Simmons. 2015. “An Expansion of the Rational Choice Approach: Social Control in the Children of God during the 1970s and 1980s.” International Journal for the Study of New Religions 6(1): 27-49. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/An-Expansion-of-the-Rational-Choice-Approach%3A-in-of-Simmons-Kent/4331796a8dd152c8ea2fbe6e7d7a44e9d98b0cca

8. Kent, Stephen A., and Kayla Swanson. 2017. “The History of Credibility Attacks Against Former Cult Members.” International Journal of Cultic Studies Special Monograph Edition. 8(2): 1-35. https://www.icsahome.com/elibrary/topics/articles/the-history-of-credibility-attacks-against-former-cult-members-docx

9. Raine, Susan, and Stephen A. Kent. 2019. “The Grooming of Children for Sexual Abuse in Religious Settings: Unique Characteristics and Select Case Studies.” Aggression and Violent Behavior 48:180-189. Reprinted in International Journal of Coercion, Abuse, and Manipulation 3:1-25. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B0WpBkywUEawZlj056n3XVIl2S0vqn1C/view?pli=1

Book Chapters:

10. Kent, Stephen A. 2001. “Brainwashing Programs in The Family/Children of God and Scientology.” Pp. 349-378 in Misunderstanding Cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field, edited by Benjamin Zablocki and Thomas Robbins. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.3138/9781442677302-011/html?lang=en

GNOSTICISM

NARCISSISM

1. Kent, Stephen A. 2007. “Narcissistic Fraud in the Ancient World: Lucian’s Account of Alexander of Abonuteichos and the Cult of Glycon.” Ancient Narrative 6: 77-99, 161; reprinted in Cultic Studies Review 7(3): 225-253. https://articles2.icsahome.com/articles/narcissistic-fraud-in-the-ancient-world-lucian-s-account-of-alexander-of-abonuteichos-and-the-cult-of-glycon

2. Lane, Jodi, and Stephen A. Kent. 2008. “Politiques de Rage et Narcissisme Malin [on Scientology’s L. Ron Hubbard].” Criminologie 41(2): 117-155. https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/crimino/2008-v41-n2-crimino2508/019435ar.pdf. English translation as “Malignant Narcissism, L. Ron Hubbard, and Scientology’s Policies of Narcissistic Rage.” Available at: https://skent.ualberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Lane-Kent_HubbardsNarcissism_EN_December08-2008.pdf. In Italian:http://www.allarmescientology.it/txt/kent_narcisismo.htm

3. Kent, Stephen A. 2021. “Comparative Reflexions on Scientology and NXIVM.” International Journal of Coercion, Abuse, and Manipulation 1(1): 3-26. https://www.ijcam.org/articles/introduction-comparative-reflections-on-scientology-and-nxivm

4. Kent, Stephen A. and Willey, Robin. 2025. “The Narcissistic Messiah: Personality Disorder, Sun Myung Moon, and its Legacy in the Unification Church.” International Journal of Coercion, Abuse, and Manipulation Vol. 8: 29-65. https://www.ijcam.org/articles/the-narcissistic-messiah-personality-disorder-sun-myung-moon-and-its-le

Book Chapters

Kent, Stephen A. 2013. “Narcissism and Other Disorders Among Cult Leaders.” Pp. 203-214 in Controversial Cults: Various Approaches. Edited by Maciej Szostak. Poznań: Mieszko College of Education and Administration in Poznań.

POLYGAMY

1. Kent, Stephen A. 2006. “A Matter of Principle: Fundamentalist Mormon Polygamy, Children, and Human Rights Debates.” Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions 10(1): 7-29. https://online.ucpress.edu/nr/article-abstract/10/1/7/95308/A-Matter-of-Principle-Fundamentalist-Mormon?redirectedFrom=fulltext

2. Kent, Stephen A. 2015. “Edward Said, Orientalism, and the Identification of a Neglected Source Behind the Reynolds v. United States Anti-Polygamy Decision,” Utah Law Review OnLaw 3: 48-76. https://skent.ualberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Polygamy-Said-Orientalism-Waite-and-Belcher.pdf

3. Kent, Stephen A. 2011. “Harm, Human Rights, and the Continued Criminalization of Fundamentalist Mormon Polygamy.” Fundamentalism, Politics, and the Law, edited by Marci Hamilton and Mark Rozell. New York: Palgrave: 161-192. https://skent.ualberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Mormonism-Harm-Human-Rights-and-the-Continued-Criminalization-of-Fundamentalist-Mormon-Polygamy.pdf

Legal Consultations, Expert Reports, and Testimonies

4. 2010. Amicus Curiae Submission to the Supreme Court of British Columbia on Behalf of Stop Polygamy in Canada in the Matter of The Constitutional Question Act, R.s.B.C. 1986, C. 68 and the Matter of The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and in the Matter of: a Reference by the Lieutenant Governor in Council Set Out in Order in Council No. 533 Dated October 22, 2009 Concerning the Constitutionality of S. 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada, R.S.C. 1985, C.C-46 (July 15). Testified before the British Columbia Supreme Court on January 19, 2011.

QUAKERISM AND PURITANISM

1. Kent, Stephen A. 1982. “The ‘Papist’ Charges Against the Interregnum Quakers,” Journal of Religious History 12: 180-190. https://skent.ualberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/The-Papist-Charges-Against-the-Interregnum-Quakers.pdf

2. Kent, Stephen A. 1983. “The Quaker Ethic and the Fixed Price Policy: Max Weber and Beyond.” Sociological Inquiry53(1): 16-32; Revised Reprint in Time, Place, and Circumstance: Neo-Weberian Essays in Religion, Culture, and Society. Edited by William Swatos. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1990: 139-150, 198-201. 3. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229523106_The_Quaker_Ethic_and_the_Fixed_Price_Policy_Max_Weber_and_Beyond

3. Kent, Stephen A. 1982. “Relative Deprivation and Resource Mobilization: A Study of Early Quakerism.” British Journal of Sociology 33(4): 529-544. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1983-25507-001

4. Kent, Stephen A. 1987. “Puritan Radicalism and the New Religious Organizations: Seventeenth Century England and Contemporary America” Comparative Social Research 10: 3-46. https://skent.ualberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Puritan-Radicalism-and-the-New-Religious-Organizations.pdf

5. Kent, Stephen A. 1989. “Mysticism, Quakerism, and Relative Deprivation: A Sociological Reply to R.A. Naulty.” Religion 19: 157-178. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0048721X89900389

6. Kent, Stephen A. 1987. “Psychological and Mystical Interpretations of Early Quakerism: William James and Rufus Jones,” Religion 17: 251-274. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0048721X87901187

7. Kent, Stephen A. 1987. “Psychology and Quaker Mysticism: The Legacy of William James and Rufus Jones,” Quaker History 76(1): 1-17. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11620274/

8. Kent, Stephen A., and James Spickard. 1994. “The ‘Other’ Civil Religion and the Tradition of Radical Quaker Politics.” Journal of Church and State (Spring): 301-315. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23919386

9. Kent, Stephen A. 2008. “‘Hand-Maids and Daughters of the Lord’: Quaker Women, Quaker Families, and Somerset’s Anti-Tithe Petition in 1659.” Quaker History 97(1): 32-61. https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/88/article/237233

10. Kent, Stephen A. 1998. “Quakerism.” The Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Edited by William Swatos. London: Alta Mira Press: 395-396.

Book Chapters:

11. Kent, Stephen A. 2007. “Seven Thousand ‘Hand-Maids and Daughters of the Lord’: Lincolnshire and Cheshire Quaker Women’s Anti-Tithe Protests in Late Interregnum and Restoration England.” Pp. 65-96 in Women, Gender and Radical Religion in Early Modern Europe, edited by Sylvia Brown. Leiden: E.J. Brill. In: https://brill.com/display/book/edcoll/9789047422747/Bej.9789004163065.i-325_005.xml?language=en

SATANISM

3. Kent, Stephen A. 1994. “Diabolic Debates: A Reply to David Frankfurter and J. S. La Fontaine.” Religion 24: 361-378. 1997. . https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048721X84710293

Legal Consultations, Expert Reports, and Testimonies

4. 1993. “Regina v. Ronald Lee Stephenson. “Criminal Trial, Edmonton, Alberta. Testified as an Expert Witness via the Crown [Concerning Satanism]. (April 1).

5. 1994. “Paterson v. Paterson.” Court of Queen’s Bench, Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Testified as an Expert Witness for Ms. Paterson [Concerning Satanism].

6. 1997. Filed an Expert Report, and Testified for the Alberta Ministry of Justice, Family Law Division, in a child visitation case (Report Filed October 20), and testified in the trial [concerning ritual abuse and Satanism].

SCIENTOLOGY

Edited Volume:

1. Stephen A. Kent and Susan Raine eds. 2017. Scientology in Popular Culture: Influences and Struggles for Legitimacy.Denver, Colorado: Praeger. https://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440832505/

Articles:

2. Kent, Stephen A. 1996. “Scientology’s Relationship with Eastern Religious Traditions.” Journal of Contemporary Religion 11(1): 21-36; Two-Part German Translation as “Scientology und ostliche religiose Traditionen,” Berliner Dialog Heft 1-97 (Ostern 1997): 16-21; and “Scientology, religiose Anspruche und Heilungsschwindel,” Berliner Dialog Heft 1-97 (Ostern 1997): 22-25. https://archive.org/details/scientologys-relationship-with-eastern-religious-traditions_202012/mode/2up?view=theater

3. Kent, Stephen A., and Theresa Krebs. 1998. “Academic Compromise in the Social Scientific Study of Alternative Religions.” Nova Religio 2(1): 44-54. https://online.ucpress.edu/nr/article-abstract/2/1/44/70935/Academic-Compromise-in-the-Social-Scientific-Study?redirectedFrom=fulltext

4. Kent, Stephen A. 1999. “The Globalization of Scientology: Influence, Control, and Opposition in Transnational Markets.” Religion 29(2): 147-169. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048721X98901543

5. Kent, Stephen A. 1999. “Scientology–Is This a Religion?” Marburg Journal of Religion 4(1):1-23. https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/ep/0004/article/view/3754/3575

6. Kent, Stephen A. 1999. “The Creation of ‘Religious’ Scientology.” Religious Studies and Theology 18(2): 97-126. https://journal.equinoxpub.com/RST/article/view/1549

7. Kent, Stephen A. 2001. “The French and German Versus American Debate Over ‘New Religions,’ Scientology, and Human Rights.” Marburg Journal of Religion 6(1):1-63. https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/ep/0004/article/view/3742

8. Kent, Stephen A. 2002. “Hollywood’s Celebrity-Lobbyists and the Clinton Administration’s American Foreign Policy Toward German Scientology.” Journal of Religion and Popular Culture 1:15 pp. https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/abhttps://www.utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.3138/jrpc.1.1.002/10.3138/jrpc.1.1.002

9. Kent, Stephen A. 2003. “Scientology and the European Human Rights Debate: A Reply to Leisa Goodman, J. Gordon Melton, and the European Rehabilitation Project Force Study.” Marburg Journal of Religion 8(1):35 pp. https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/ep/0004/article/view/3725/3541

10. Kent, Stephen A., and with Terra A. Manca. 2012. “A War Over Mental Health Professionalism: Scientology Versus Psychiatry.” Mental Health, Religion & Culture ifirst (2012): 1-23. https://skent.ualberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/War-over-Mental-health-professionalisms.pdf

11. Kent, Stephen A. 2017. “Narconon, Scientology, and the Battle for Legitimacy.” Marburg Journal of Religion 19(1): 1-39. https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/ep/0004/article/view/6495

12. Kent, Stephen A. 2020. “Studying Scientology as an Anti-Democratic Institution: Suggestions and Cautions to Future Researchers.” Implicit Religion: 167-174. https://journal.equinoxpub.com/IR/article/view/19161

13. Kent, Stephen A. 2021. “Comparative Reflexions on Scientology and NXIVM.” International Journal of Coercion, Abuse, and Manipulation 1(1): 3-26. https://www.ijcam.org/articles/introduction-comparative-reflections-on-scientology-and-nxivm

Encyclopedia Articles:

14. Kent, Stephen A., 2005. “Scientology.” Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. Edited by Bron R. Taylor and Jeffrey Kaplan. London: Thoemmes Continuum: 1499-1501.

15. Kent, Stephen A. 2006. “Scientology.” Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication, and Media. Edited by Daniel A. Stout. New York: Routledge: 390-392.

Book Chapters:

16. Kent, Stephen A. 2001. “Brainwashing Programs in The Family/Children of God and Scientology.” Pp. 349-378 in Misunderstanding Cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field, edited by Benjamin Zablocki and Thomas Robbins. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.3138/9781442677302-011/html?lang=en

17. Kent, Stephen A. 2011. “The Decline of Scientology,” Pp. 113-146 in Dialog in Konfrontation–und die Wahrheit wird sie frei machen: Eine Festschrift fur Thomas Gandow edited by Christoph Polster and Ede Ingolf Christiansen. Jena, Germany: Jenaer Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft. https://skent.ualberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Decline-of-Scientology.pdf

18. Kent, Stephen A. 2017. “Scientology’s Recruitment Policies Targeting Celebrities.” Pp. 81-101 in Scientology in Popular Culture: Influences and Struggles for Legitimacy. Edited by Stephen A. Kent and Susan Raine. Denver, Colorado: Praeger. https://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440832505/1

19. Kent, Stephen A. 2017. “Celebrities Keeping Scientology Working.” Pp. 103-148 in Scientology in Popular Culture: Influences and Struggles for Legitimacy, edited by Stephen A. Kent and Susan Raine. Denver, Colorado: Praeger. https://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440832505/1

20. Kent, Stephen A. 2017. “Scientology’s Celebrity Apostates.” Pp. 149-190 in Scientology in Popular Culture: Influences and Struggles for Legitimacy, edited by Stephen A. Kent and Susan Raine. Denver, Colorado: Praeger. https://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440832505/1

21. Kent, Stephen A. 2017. “Scientology’s Harassment of Stephen A. Kent, September 1997-November 2001.” Pp. 61-88 in Herbert C. Northcott, A History of the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta. Department of Sociology, University of Alberta. file:///C:/Users/skent/Documents/Downloads/01022018_History_of_Dept_Sociology_UAlberta.pdf

Legal Consultations, Expert Reports, and Testimonies

22. 1984. “Midtdal vs. Midtdal” Civil Case, Edmonton, Alberta. Report on Behalf of Ms. Midtdal [Concerning Scientology]. (November 11).

23. 1994. “Paterson v. Paterson.” Court of Queen’s Bench, Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Testified as an Expert Witness for Ms. Paterson [Concerning Satanism].

24. 1997. “Ken Montgomery v. Allan Anthony Buttnor.” Expert Statement via the Plaintiff [Concerning Scientology]. (August 27).

25. 1998. “Bonnie Louise Woods v. Sheila Chaleff, Graeme Wilson, Cathy Sproule, and Church of Scientology Religious Education Inc.” High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division [London, England]. 1993 W No. 2079. Witness Statement [Concerning Scientology]. (November 3, 1998).

26. 1998. “Religious Technology Center and Bridge Publications, Inc.v Dennis Erlich.” United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Case No. C95-20091. Expert Statement [concerning Internet postings of Scientology documents]. (December 29).

27. 1999. Filed an Expert Report in a Child Visitation Case in London, England [Concerning Scientology]. (February 10).

28. 1999. Court submission about Scientology’s perception of Dennis Erlich as a “suppressive person,” and its aggressive actions against him. (February 11).

29. 1999. “Bridge Publications, Inc. v. F.A.C.T.NET, Inc., Lawrence Wollersheim, and Robert Penny” United States District Court for the District of Colorado. Civil Action No. 95-K-2143. Expert Statement via the Defendant [concerning Scientology]. (February 16).

30. 1999. “EEOC v. I-20 Animal Medical Center.” C.A. No. 3-98-CV 2316-X. Expert Report for the Plaintiff [Concerning Scientology]. (November 9).

31. 1999 “Jesse Wickenheiser, et. Al vs. City of Austin, et. al.” [Concerning The Children of God/The Family]. Cause No. 97-06837. Deposed August 27, 1999.

32 1999. “B.F. et al v. Society of Kabalarians of Canada et al.” SCBC Action No. C983834, Vancouver Registry. Expert Report for Plaintiffs [Concerning Sexual Abuse Allegations]. (August 24).

33. 2000. “Estate of Lisa McPherson… v. Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization, Janis Johnson, Alain Kartuzinski, and David Houghton,” Case No.: 97-01235, Division H. Expert Report filed via the Plaintiff [Concerning Scientology]. (January 6). 33.

34. 2001. “Laura Vannoy Padgett vs. Thomas C. Padgett.” Commonwealth of Kentucky, Hopkins Circuit Court, Madisonville, Kentucky 42431. Civil Action Number 92-CI-00444. Expert Statement for the Defendant [Concerning Scientology]. (April 27). http://www.raids.org/pr/prpt030.htm

35. 2003. “Mary Johnston v. Church of Scientology Mission of Dublin Limited, John Keane, Tom Cunningham, and Gerard Ryan.” Expert Witness Testimony [Concerning Scientology]. (January and March). Case Settled Out of Court, Spring 2003..

36. 2003. “Diana Kostelny, Jerry Kostelny, Gail Eberhardt, Carl Eberhardt, Melanie Post (formerly Grant) and Gregory R. Post v. C. Aydin Cabi, DDS, INC38.. Expert Statement via the Plaintiff [Concerning Scientology and WISE]. (September 7).

37. 2003. “Front Sight Management . . . and Dr. Ignatius A. Piazza v. Diana Mertz Hsieh.” Expert Report Submitted via the Defendant. (November 13).

38. 2008. “In re Marriage of EGLASH.” L.A.S.C. Case No. BD 477485. Statement on Behalf of Petitioner Carolyn Eglash [involving Scientology]. (January 14). 2010 Affidavit and Supplemental Expert Report on the Case of Nakishia Williams v. Dr. Lowery’s Dental Group. Case No. 09 CV-9557. Denver, Colorado (October 22). [Concerning WISE and Scientology; case settled out of court].

39. 2012. Deposed as a Scientology Expert in Patrick C. Desmond and Mary C. Desmond, Individually, and Mary C. Desmond, as Adminstratrix of the Estate of Patrick W. Desmond, Plaintiffs, v. Narconon of Georgia, Inc., Delgado Development, Inc.’ Sovereign Place LLC, Sovereign Place Apartment Management, Inc., Lisa Carolina Robbins, M.D., Narconon International, Defendants, Civil Action No. 10A28641-2 State Court of Dekalb County, State of Georgia, (January 5, 2012).

40. 2012. Submitted an Expert Opinion in Laura L. Ciancio, Nicholas C. Ciancio, Brianna R. Ciancio, Jonathan D. Ciancio, and the Estate of Thomas Paul Ciancio v. Fowler Software Design, LLC; Delati LLC; Laura C. Zaspel; William Rex Fowler; Janet Stephens Fowler; and the William Rex Fowler and Janet S. Fowler Living Trust. District Court, City and County of Bloomfield, Colorado. (October 22, 2012). Case settled out of court with a $2 million award to plaintiffs in December 2012.

41. 2014. Submitted an Expert Opinion via the Plaintiff concerning Scientology’s business and ‘religious’ technologies in Silvana Begonja and Vilmo Begonja, her husband against Kipnis Orthopedic Rehabilitation Institute, P.C.; Illena Kipnis; and Number BER-L 8976-12, Civil Action. Case settled out of court. (June 4).

42. 2014. Submitted an Expert Report via the Plaintiffs Charles Yates, Beret Pugh, and Dean Pugh v. Narconon Fresh Start d.b.a Rainbow Canyon Retreat, Association for Better Living and Education International, Narconon International; and Does 1-100, Roe Corporations I-X, inclusive; Case No, 2:140cv-00837-GMN-NJK (November 13).

43. 2014. Submitted an Expert Report Plaintiffs Cathyia Tarr and Michael Tarr v. Rainbow Canyon Retreat; Case No, 2:14-cv-00283-GMN-NJK (November 13).

44. 2015. Submitted an Expert Report via the Plaintiffs in David Welch et al., v. Narconon Fresh Start et al.; United States District Court for the District of Nevada; Case No, 2:14-cv-0016-JCM-CWH (March 19).

45. 2015. Submitted an Expert Report via Plaintiff Harry Geanacopulos, Lauren Geanacopulos, and Peter Geanacopulos, v. Narconon Fresh Start d.b.a Rainbow Canyon Retreat and DOES 1-100, ROE, Corporations I-X, inclusive (March 26). Case settled out of court.

46. 2015. Submitted an Expert Report for Attorney Ryan Hamilton in Las Vegas, Nevada entitled, “Expert Report on Scientology and the Narconon Program” (July 19).

47. 2016. Submitted an Expert Report for the Plaintiff in Grecia Echevarria-Hernandez vs. Affinitylifestyles.com, Inc. d.b.a. Real Alkalized Water (involving Scientology), December 13).

48. 2017. Plaintiff Expert’s Response to the Expert Reports for the Defendant by Tom Drucker and Dr. Benjamin J. Hubbard, in Grecia Echevarria-Hernandez vs. affinitylifestyles.com and Alkalized Water (January 9).

49. 2017. Deposed for the Plaintiff in Laura Ann DeCresenzo vrs. Church of Scientology International, Los Angeles, California (July 19). Case settled out of court.

50. 2022. Submitted two Expert Reports via the Plaintiff in Brenda J[oyce] Valentine v. The Health and Wellness Center, Inc. (February 9, 2022 and March 28, 2022). Case settled out of court.

51. 2022. Submitted two Expert Reports via the Plaintiff in Brenda J[oyce] Valentine v. The Health and Wellness Center, Inc. (February 9, 2022 and March 28, 2022). Case settled out of court.

SECTS, CULTS, AND ALTERNATIVE RELIGIONS AND BELIEFS

BOOK:

1. From Slogans to Mantras: Social Protest and Religious Conversion in the Late Vietnam War Era. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press (2001). Selected by Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries as an “Outstanding Academic Title” for 2002. https://press.syr.edu/supressbooks/1224/from-slogans-to-mantras/

ARTICLES:

2. Kent, Stephen A. 1990. “Deviance Labelling and Normative Strategies in the Canadian ‘New Religions/Countercult’ Debate,” Canadian Journal of Sociology 15(4): 393-416. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272927845_Deviance_Labelling_and_Normative_Strategies_in_the_Canadian_New_ReligionsCountercult_Debate

3. Cartwright, Robert H., and Stephen A. Kent. 1992. “Social Control in Alternative Religions: A Familial Perspective.” Sociological Analysis 53(4): 345-361. https://skent.ualberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/social-control-2.pdf

4. Kent, Stephen A. 1993. “Radical Rhetoric and Mystical Religion in America’s Late Vietnam War Era.” Religion 23(1): 45-60. https://skent.ualberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Radical-rhetoric-and-mystical-religion-in-America-s-late-Vietnam-war-era.pdf

5. Kent, Stephen A. 1994. “Misattribution and Social Control in the Children of God.” Journal of Religion and Health. 33(1): 29-43; Reprinted in Spirituality in East and West No. 1 (1997): 16-22. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24263783/

6. Kent, Stephen A., and Theresa Krebs. 1998. “Academic Compromise in the Social Scientific Study of Alternative Religions.” Nova Religio 2(1): 44-54. https://online.ucpress.edu/nr/article-abstract/2/1/44/70935/Academic-Compromise-in-the-Social-Scientific-Study?redirectedFrom=fulltext

8. Kent, Stephen A., and Joe Szimhart. 2002. “Exit Counseling and the Decline of Deprogramming.” Cultic Studies Review 1(3): 241-291. https://articles1.icsahome.com/articles/exit-counseling-and-the-decline-of-deprogramming-kent. Reprinted in The Phenomenon of Cults From A Scientific Perspective, ed. by Piotr T. Nowakowski. Cracow, Poland: Dom Wydawniczy Rafael, 2007:327-367.

9. Kent, Stephen A. 2003. “Spiritual Kinship and New Religions.” Religious Studies and Theology 22(1): 85-100. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276913733_Spiritual_Kinship_and_New_Religions

10. Whitsett, Doni, and Stephen A. Kent. 2003. “Cults and Families.” Families in Society 491-502. Reprinted in Cultic Studies Review 3 (2) (2004). https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4dmoPK1tYNjeV9YY0N5QUotS2s/view?resourcekey=0-gxGSHoXyNAck4X5dmrbR1w

11. Kent, Stephen A. 2004. “Scientific Evaluation of the Dangers Posed by Religious Groups: A Partial Model.” Cultic Studies Review 3(2/3): 101-134. https://articles2.icsahome.com/articles/scientific-evaluation-of-the-dangers-posed-by-religious-groups-a-partial-model. Revised Reprint in The New Religious Question: State Regulation or State Interference?, ed. by Pauline Côté and Jeremy T. Gunn. Berlin: Peter Lang (2006):343-370.

12. Kent, Stephen A. 2005. “Education and Re-education in Ideological Organizations and Their Implications for Children.” Cultic Studies Review 4(2): 119-145. https://articles1.icsahome.com/articles/education-and-reeducation-in-ideological-organizations-and-their-implications-for-children

13. Kent, Stephen A. 2007. “Narcissistic Fraud in the Ancient World: Lucian’s Account of Alexander of Abonuteichos and the Cult of Glycon.” Ancient Narrative 6: 77-99, 161; reprinted in Cultic Studies Review 7(3): 225-253. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4dmoPK1tYNjOVV4UXJjTk1fcnc/edit?resourcekey=0-uAdEXVHV7e0jJpQkT2kR9w

14. Kent, Stephen A. 2010. “House of Judah, the Northeast Kingdom Community, and ‘the Jonestown Problem’: Downplaying Child Physical Abuses and Ignoring Serious Evidence.” International Journal of Cultic Studies 1(1): 27-48. https://www.icsahome.com/elibrary/topics/articles/house-of-judah–the-northeast-kingdom-community–and–the-jonestown-problem-kent-ijcs-2010

15. Kent, Stephen A. 2012. “Religious Justifications for Child Sexual Abuse in Cults and New Religions.” International Journal of Cultic Studies 3: 49-73. https://www.icsahome.com/elibrary/topics/articles/religious-justifications-for-child-sexual-abuse-in-cults-kent-ijcs-2012. In Italian: https://skent.ualberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Cults-Religious-Justifications-Italian.pdf

16. Kent, Stephen A., and Robin Willey. 2013. “Sects, Cults, and the Attack on Jurisprudence.” Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion 14, Part 2: 306-360. https://sites.camden.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/03/Sects-Cults-Kent-Willey.pdf

17. Kent, Stephen A. 2015. “Freemen, Sovereign Citizens, and the Challenge to Public Order in British Heritage Countries.” International Journal of Cultic Studies 6: 1-15. https://www.icsahome.com/elibrary/topics/articles/freemen-soverign-citizens

18. Kent, Stephen A., and Andrea Willey. 2017.”Prosecuting Child Sexual Abuse in Alternative Religions.” International Journal of Cultic Studies 8: 16-36. https://www.icsahome.com/elibrary/topics/articles/prosecuting-child-sexual-abuse-docx

19. Kent, Stephen A., and Kayla Swanson. 2017. “The History of Credibility Attacks Against Former Cult Members.” International Journal of Cultic Studies Special Monograph Edition. 8(2): 1-35. http://www.windofchanges.org/IJCS_Kent_-Swanson_monograph.pdf.

20. Raine, Susan, and Stephen A. Kent. 2002. “The Grooming of Children for Sexual Abuse in Religious Settings: Unique Characteristics and Select Case Studies.” Aggression and Violent Behavior 48:180-189. Reprinted in International Journal of Coercion, Abuse, and Manipulation 3:1-25. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B0WpBkywUEawZlj056n3XVIl2S0vqn1C/view?pli=1

21. Kent, Stephen A., and Kelsey Lindquist. 2019. “Contextualizing Debates About Brainwashing Within the Discipline of Sociology.” International Journal of Cultic Studies: 14-31.

22. Kent, Stephen A. 2019. “Degrees of Embellishment: Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, and His Civil Engineering Credentials Fraud.” Journal of CESNUR Supplement to 3(1): VI-LX; https://cesnur.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tjoc_3_1_supp_kent.pdf.

23. Kent, Stephen A. 2020. “Late Twentieth-Century Psychoanalytic Interpretations of Sects and Cults: Weston La Barre, Norman Cohn, and E. P. Thompson.” International Journal of Coercion, Abuse, and Manipulation 1(1): 29-46. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aTv64hQEK-tTVTnsAYaCY4LtuNX-YAFo/view

Encyclopedia Articles:

24. Kent, Stephen A. 1988. “Freemasonry,” Canadian Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition. Edmonton, Alberta: Hurtig Publishers: 845. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/freemasonry

25. Kent, Stephen A. 1992. “Cults.” The Encyclopedia of Sociology Volume 1. Edited by Edgar F. Borgotta and Marie L. Borgotta. New York: Macmillan: 402-404; Reprinted as: Stephen A. Kent,1998. “Cults.” Social Issues, Edited by Robert D. Benford. Macmillian Library Reference USA. Macmillan Compendium. Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints. https://go-gale-com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T003&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&retrievalId=1362ce0b-0a0c-401e-a5d5-ef4ede7821e4&hitCount=1&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CCX3404400159&docType=Topic+overview&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=&prodId=GVRL&pageNum=1&contentSet=GALE%7CCX3404400159&searchId=R1&userGroupName=edmo69826&inPS=true

26. Kent, Stephen A. 1998. “Crimes.” The Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Edited by William Swatos. London: Alta Mira Press: 121-122.

27. Kent, Stephen A. 1998. “Deviance.” The Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Edited by William Swatos. London: Alta Mira Press: 137-139.

28. Kent, Stephen A. 1998. “Violence.” The Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Edited by William Swatos. London: Alta Mira Press: 540

29. Kent, Stephen A., and Melodie Campbell. 1998. “UFO/Flying Saucer Cults.” The Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Edited by William Swatos. London: Alta Mira Press: 531-532.

30. Kent, Stephen A., and Janet Klippenstein. 2008. “New Religions.” Encyclopedia of Love in World Religions 2, edited by Yudit Kornberg Greenberg. Oxford: ABC Clio: 447-451.

31. Kent, Stephen A., and Ashley Samaha. 2015. “Deconversion.” Vocabulary for the Study of Religion, edited by Kocku von Stuckrad and Robert Segal. Leiden: E.J. Brill: 387-392.

32. Drever, Gordon, and Stephen A. Kent. 1995. “Gods From Afar,” in Edmonton: The Life of a City, edited by Bob Hesketh and Frances Swyripa. Edmonton: NeWest Press: 275-282.

Book Chapters:

33. Kent, Stephen A. 2008. “Post World War II New Religious Movements in the West.” Pp. 492-510 in The World’s Religions: Continuities and Transformations, 2nd Edition, edited by Peter Clarke and Peter Beyer. New York: Routledge. https://skent.ualberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/New-Religions-Post-WW-II.pdf

Popular Press:

34. Kent, Stephen A., and Theresa Krebs. 1998. “When Scholars Know Sin: Alternative Religions and Their Academic Supporters.” Skeptic 6(3): 36-44. https://skent.ualberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/popular-press-When-Scholars-Know-Sin.pdf

35. Kent, Stephen A. 1998. “Zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Religionen und neuen religiosen Bewegungen.” Berliner Dialog Heft 2: 4-8.

36. Kent, Stephen A., and Theresa Krebs. 1999. “Clarifying Contentious Issues: A Rejoinder to Melton, Shupe, and Lewis.” Skeptic 7(1): 21-26. https://skent.ualberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Popular-Press-Clarifying-Contentious-Issues.pdf

Legal Consultations, Expert Reports, and Testimonies

37. 2017. Submitted an Expert Report via the Plaintiff Percy Shroff, in Percy Shroff v. Shiamak Davar in The Supreme Court of British Columbia (January 30). Case settled out of court.

38. 2017. Submitted an Expert Report via the Plaintiff, Jimmy Mistry, in Jimmy Nowzer Mistry v. Shiamak Davar in The Supreme Court of British Columbia (March 20). Case settled out of court.

SOCIOLOGY, (SOCIOLOGICAL) THEORY, AND MAX WEBER

1. Kent, Stephen A. 1982. “Relative Deprivation and Resource Mobilization: A Study of Early Quakerism.” British Journal of Sociology 33(4): 529-544. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1983-25507-001

2. Kent, Stephen A. 1983. “Weber, Goethe, and the Nietzschean Allusion: Capturing the Source of the ‘Iron Cage’ Metaphor.” Sociological Analysis 44(4): 297-319. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3711612

3. Kent, Stephen A. 1983. “The Quaker Ethic and the Fixed Price Policy: Max Weber and Beyond.” Sociological Inquiry53(1): 16-32. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229523106_The_Quaker_Ethic_and_the_Fixed_Price_Policy_Max_Weber_and_Beyond. Revised Reprint in Time, Place, and Circumstance: Neo-Weberian Essays in Religion, Culture, and Society. Edited by William Swatos. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1990: 139-150, 198.

4. Kent, Stephen A. 1985. “Weber, Goethe, and William Penn: Themes of Marital Love,” Sociological Analysis 46(3): 315-320.

5. Kent, Stephen A. 1987. “Puritan Radicalism and the New Religious Organizations: Seventeenth Century England and Contemporary America” Comparative Social Research 10: 3-46.

6. Kent, Stephen A. 1988. “Slogan Chanters to Mantra Chanters: A Mertonian Deviance Analysis of Conversion to the Religious Organizations of the Early 1970s.” Sociological Analysis 49(2): 104-118. https://skent.ualberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Slogan-Chanters-to-Mantra-Chanters.pdf . Pp. 121-133 in Sights on the Sixties, edited by Barbara L. Tischler. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1992.

7. Kent, Stephen A. 1989. “Mysticism, Quakerism, and Relative Deprivation: A Sociological Reply to R.A. Naulty.” Religion 19: 157-178. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0048721X89900389

8. Kent, Stephen A., and Theresa Krebs. 1998. “Academic Compromise in the Social Scientific Study of Alternative Religions.” Nova Religio 2(1): 44-54. https://online.ucpress.edu/nr/article-abstract/2/1/44/70935/Academic-Compromise-in-the-Social-Scientific-Study?redirectedFrom=fulltext

9. Kent, Stephen A., and Kelsey Lindquist. 2019. “Contextualizing Debates About Brainwashing Within the Discipline of Sociology.” International Journal of Cultic Studies: 14-31. https://articles3.icsahome.com/articles/contextualizing-debates-about-brainwashing-within

10. Kent, Stephen A. 2020. “Late Twentieth-Century Psychoanalytic Interpretations of Sects and Cults: Weston La Barre, Norman Cohn, and E. P. Thompson.” International Journal of Coercion, Abuse, and Manipulation 1(1): 29-46. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aTv64hQEK-tTVTnsAYaCY4LtuNX-YAFo/view

Encyclopedia Articles:

11. Kent, Stephen A. 1992. “Historical Sociology.” The Encyclopedia of Sociology, Volume 2, ed. by Edgar F. Borgatta and Marie L. Borgotta. New York: Macmillan: 837-843; Revised in The Encyclopdia of Sociology Volume 2. 2nd Edition, edited by Edgar F. Borgatta and Rhonda J. V. Montgomery. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2000:1195-1202.

12. Kent, Stephen A., and Ashley Samaha. 2015. “Deconversion.” Vocabulary for the Study of Religion, edited by Kocku von Stuckrad and Robert Segal. Leiden: E.J. Brill: 387-392.

Book Chapters:

13. Kent, Stephen A. 1993. “New Religious Movements,” in The Sociology of Religion: A Canadian Focus, edited by Ted Hewitt. New York: Butterworths:83-106.

14. Kent, Stephen A., and Charles Hobart. 1994. “Religion and Societies,” in Introduction to Sociology, 2nd Edition, edited by David Pierce and Bill Meloff. Scarborough, Ontario: Nelson Canada:311-339.

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