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About the Authors
Stephen A. Kent, PhD, Professor of Sociology,
University of Alberta, teaches undergraduate
and graduate courses on the sociology of
religion and the sociology of sectarian groups.
He has published articles in numerous sociology
and religious study journals. His 2001 book,
From Slogans to Mantras: Social Protest and
Religious Conversion in the Late Vietnam War
Era, was selected by Choice: Current Reviews
for Academic Libraries as an Outstanding
Academic Title for 2002. In 2012 he received
The Margaret Thaler Singer Award for
advancing the understanding of coercive
persuasion and undue influence from the
American Cultic Studies Association.
Kelsey Lindquist, BA, is an award-winning
recent graduate (2019) from the Department of
Sociology at the University of Alberta. She
plans to enter graduate school in 2020, studying
issues related to the sociology of knowledge.