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Cults in Context

Readings in the Study of New Religious Movements

By: Lorne Dawson

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Cults in Context

Readings in the Study of New Religious Movements

By: Lorne Dawson

In the face of the increasingly variegated ideological landscape of contemporary America, cults have become the focus of public controversy. The growth of new religions has been matched by the development of an organized and vocal opposition, the anti-cult movement. This in turn has prompted an extensive investigation of new religious movements (NRMs) by sociologists and psychologists of religion, as well as historians and religious studies scholars. The readings collected here contribute to the debate about cults by sampling some of the best and most accessible publications from the academic study of NRMs.The contributors address the questions most commonly asked about cults, such as: What brought about the emergence of new religious movements? What is a cult or new religious movement? Who joins new religious movements and why? Are converts to new religious movements brainwashed? Why did the Jonestown and Waco tragedies happen? Are cults inclined to be violent? What does the emergence of so many new religious movements say about our society? What does it say about the future of religion?Cults in Context surveys the descriptive typologies, theories, and data accumulated by sociologists and psychologists studying new religious movements over the last twenty years. It serves to defuse many popular fears and misconceptions about cults, allowing the reader to develop a more reasonable and tolerant understanding of the people who join new religious movements and the functions of these movements in contemporary society.

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725

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Routledge

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135152464X

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9781351524643

Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists

By: George A. Cevasco,Lorne Hammond,Richard Harmond,Keir B. Sterling

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Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists

By: George A. Cevasco,Lorne Hammond,Richard Harmond,Keir B. Sterling

Casting a wide net, this volume provides personal and professional information on some 445 American and Canadian naturalists and environmentalists, who lived from the late 15th century to the late 20th century. It includes explorers who published works on the natural history of North America, conservationists, ecologists, environmentalists, wildlife management specialists, park planners, national park administrators, zoologists, botanists, natural historians, geographers, geologists, academics, museum scientists and administrators, military personnel, travellers, government officials, political figures and writers and artists concerned with the environment. Some of the subjects are well known. The accomplishments of others are little known. Each entry contains a succinct but careful evaluation of the subject's career and contributions. Entries also include up-to-date bibliographies and information concerning manuscript sources.

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958

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313036497

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9780313036491

The War on Weeds in the Prairie West

An Environmental History

By: Clinton Lorne Evans

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The War on Weeds in the Prairie West

An Environmental History

By: Clinton Lorne Evans

Despite the fact that fighting weeds was of paramount importance to the agricultural development of Canada, there has scarcely been any research on understanding the origins and history of these lowly plants. The War on Weeds in the Prairie West is the first full-blown environmental history of weeds in western Canada.

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328

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University of Calgary Press

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1552380297

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9781552380291

This Round's On Me

Lorne Rubenstein On Golf

By: Lorne Rubenstein

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This Round's On Me

Lorne Rubenstein On Golf

By: Lorne Rubenstein

Lorne Rubenstein is the preeminent figure in the world of Canadian golf journalism and a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. He has been reporting on golf for more than thirty years, and this is a collection of Rubenstein’s best and favourite pieces from 1993 to 2008, selected from thousands of newspaper, magazine, and Internet articles. In this book, readers will revel in the wide range of subjects, including course design; swing techniques (such as the stack and tilt); famous people, such as Moe Norman, Jack Nicklaus, Marlene Streit, Payne Stewart, and Ben Hogan; writers, such as Stephen Leacock; and reflections on the beauty and joy of the game. Two separate chapters are devoted to our most important golf heroes: the Canadian champion Mike Weir and the indomitable Tiger Woods. Within these pages, golf enthusiasts of every age and skill level will find something new to delight them. This is as much a celebration of the sport as it is a celebration of one of our most esteemed and beloved golf writers.

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296

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McClelland & Stewart

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0771078587

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9780771078583

A Season in Dornoch

Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands

By: Lorne Rubenstein

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A Season in Dornoch

Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands

By: Lorne Rubenstein

North of Inverness lies the town of Dornoch, Scotland, a tiny village with a 400-year history of golf. Renowned golf journalist Rubenstein presents both the story of one man's immersion in the game of golf and an exploration of the world from which it emerged. Maps. Line drawings.

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260

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Citadel Press

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080652457X

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9780806524573

Monk Lewis

A Critical Biography

By: David Lorne Macdonald

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Monk Lewis

A Critical Biography

By: David Lorne Macdonald

A modern critical biography of Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775-1818), until now neglected as a cultural figure. This is the first study to consider all of Lewis's works and their connections to his personal and public life.

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340

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University of Toronto Press

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0802047491

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9780802047496

Canna

The Story of a Hebridean Island

By: John Lorne Campbell

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Canna

The Story of a Hebridean Island

By: John Lorne Campbell

This is the definitive history of Canna, one of the most beautiful of all the Scottish islands. Fertile and with a sheltered harbour, Canna has played an important part in the story of the Hebrides. After the Reformation the island was of considerable importance to the Irish Franciscan mission of the 1620s and also the Jacobite risings before it was swept up in the tragedies of depopulation and clearances of the nineteenth century. Gifted to the National Trust in 1981, the island is currently undergoing something of a revival, with the creation of the St Edward Centre on Sanday, and the proposed developments of Canna House. Recent archaeological surveys and historical research has uncovered much new evidence about the island. Hugh Cheape of the Royal Museum of Scotland, who has been intimately involved in the Canna project, has fully edited the book. New contributions both update and fill out the account of the island.

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362

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Birlinn Ltd

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0857909541

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9780857909541

Tall in the Saddle

By: Lorne A. Maull

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Tall in the Saddle

By: Lorne A. Maull

Lorne Maull was born on the Prairie when there was still lots of Wild in the West-He is a Master Story Teller Don't let fear and common sense stop you from saddling up and riding along for an exciting ride with the 7M Running Bar Author. 48 Hilarious Short Stories take you on a journey to: - A Hanging - Making Moonshine - Playing Horse Turd Hockey - The Ladies Leg in the Bar - Crazy Cowboy Stories - Cliffhanger happenings at the 7M Running Bar - Tender moments with his Favourite four legged friends, his devoted Dogs & Horses - Some of the biggest wrecks on the ranch

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227

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FriesenPress

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1460253191

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9781460253199

Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures

Jan Gossart's Renaissance : the Complete Works

By: Jan Gossaert,Stijn Alsteens,Nadine Orenstein,Lorne Campbell,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),National Gallery (Great Britain)

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Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures

Jan Gossart's Renaissance : the Complete Works

By: Jan Gossaert,Stijn Alsteens,Nadine Orenstein,Lorne Campbell,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),National Gallery (Great Britain)

Issued in connection with an exhibition held Oct. 5, 2010-Jan. 17, 2011, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and Feb. 23-May 30, 2011, National Gallery, London (selected paintings only).

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498

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1588393984

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9781588393982

Places to Grow

Public Libraries and Communities in Ontario, 1930-2000

By: Lorne Bruce

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Places to Grow

Public Libraries and Communities in Ontario, 1930-2000

By: Lorne Bruce

The core of the book revolves around the shifting nature of Ontario’s political landscape. In many ways this is a story of successive governments, ambitious politicians, diligent bureaucrats, and endless library reports straddling the decades. Their aim appears to have been making even better a system that, despite weaknesses, was clearly the best in Canada. Three distinctive trends emerged in Ontario librarianship after the 1930s: first, a growing sense of professionalism in librarianship; second, an enhanced sense of belonging to a pan-Canadian library movement that in 1946 would result in the formation of the Canadian Library Association; and third, a heightened awareness of the competing demands of high culture and popular culture. Public libraries became an important vehicle for promoting community, albeit with competing visions of “space and place,” as Canada generally and Ontario specifically experienced post-World War II immigration and the baby boom. As libraries approached the 21st century, the concerns of digital formats and the all-encompassing Internet intertwined to alter the book-centric "bricks and mortar" world of libraries. Nonetheless, public libraries were well placed to survive this new threat, just as they had with the challenges of radio, television, and telecommunication challenges in the 20th century.

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532

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Libraries Today

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0986666602

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9780986666605

Barrier Systems for Environmental Contaminant Containment and Treatment

By: Calvin C. Chien,Hilary I. Inyang,Lorne G. Everett

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Barrier Systems for Environmental Contaminant Containment and Treatment

By: Calvin C. Chien,Hilary I. Inyang,Lorne G. Everett

Containment and permeable reactive barriers have come full circle as an acceptable environmental control technology during the past 30 years. As interest shifted back toward containment in the 1990s, the industry found itself relying largely on pre-1980s technology. Fortunately, in the past 10 years important advances have occurred in several areas

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CRC Press

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1420037315

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9781420037319

Close Relations

An Introduction to the Sociology of Families

By: Susan A. McDaniel,Lorne Tepperman

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Close Relations

An Introduction to the Sociology of Families

By: Susan A. McDaniel,Lorne Tepperman

Designed for courses in Marriage and the Family, and Sociology of the Family. This Canadian text provides a comprehensive overview of the nature, structure, history, and future of the family. It examines up-to-the-minute topics such as the effects of evolving gender roles and attitudes toward sexual orientation.

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Pearson Prentice Hall

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0130449334

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9780130449337

Art of Personal Witnessing

By: Lorne C. Sanny

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Art of Personal Witnessing

By: Lorne C. Sanny

An insight into individual evangelism.

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0802403042

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9780802403049

Book's by Lorne Dawson

Cults in Context

Cults in Context

Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists

Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists

The War on Weeds in the Prairie West

The War on Weeds in the Prairie West

This Round's On Me

This Round's On Me

A Season in Dornoch

A Season in Dornoch

Monk Lewis

Monk Lewis

Canna

Canna

Tall in the Saddle

Tall in the Saddle

Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures

Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures

Places to Grow

Places to Grow

Barrier Systems for Environmental Contaminant Containment and Treatment

Barrier Systems for Environmental Contaminant Containment and Treatment

Close Relations

Close Relations

Art of Personal Witnessing

Art of Personal Witnessing

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