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to medieval women. Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press.
1997 ―Fast, feast and flesh.‖ In C. Counihan &P. Van Estrik, eds., Food and Culture: A
Reader: 138-158. New York: Routledge.
Whitsel, Bradley C. 2003 The Church Universal and Triumphant: Elizabeth Clare Prophet’s
Apocalyptic Movement. New York: Syracuse University Press.
Zablocki, Benjamin and Thomas Robbins. 2001 ―Introduction: Finding a Middle Ground in a
Polarized Scholarly Arena‖ In B. Zablocki and T. Robbins (eds.) Misunderstanding
Cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field :3-31. Toronto, On:
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Acknowledgment
This article is a revised version of a paper presented at the American Family Foundation
conference in Edmonton (June, 2004). I thank Stephen Kent for his editorial suggestions,
and for the access that he granted me to the collection on alternative religions that he
oversees for the University of Alberta Library.
Jessie Meikle is a graduate student in Sociology at the University of Alberta, Edmonton.
She is currently working on her Master‘s thesis in the area of diet, sociology of the body and
new religious movements.
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Review, 2005, Volume 4,
Number 1, pages 41-64. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the
bound volume. This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.
Stark, Rodney and William Sims Bainbridge. 1985 The Future of Religion: Secularization,
Revival and Cult Formation. Los Angeles, California: University of California Press.
Thorpe, Gerald W. 1999 Statement of Shawano County Sheriff‘s Department. Reference:
Rama Behera Abuses, February.
Topsfield, Jewel. 2004 ―Woman sues The Family founder over cruelty: Anouree Crawford
claims she was subject to abuses by the Family cult‖ The Age, [Melbourne, Australia]
July 17.
Walker-Bynum, Caroline. 1987 Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The religious significance of food
to medieval women. Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press.
1997 ―Fast, feast and flesh.‖ In C. Counihan &P. Van Estrik, eds., Food and Culture: A
Reader: 138-158. New York: Routledge.
Whitsel, Bradley C. 2003 The Church Universal and Triumphant: Elizabeth Clare Prophet’s
Apocalyptic Movement. New York: Syracuse University Press.
Zablocki, Benjamin and Thomas Robbins. 2001 ―Introduction: Finding a Middle Ground in a
Polarized Scholarly Arena‖ In B. Zablocki and T. Robbins (eds.) Misunderstanding
Cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field :3-31. Toronto, On:
University of Toronto Press.
Acknowledgment
This article is a revised version of a paper presented at the American Family Foundation
conference in Edmonton (June, 2004). I thank Stephen Kent for his editorial suggestions,
and for the access that he granted me to the collection on alternative religions that he
oversees for the University of Alberta Library.
Jessie Meikle is a graduate student in Sociology at the University of Alberta, Edmonton.
She is currently working on her Master‘s thesis in the area of diet, sociology of the body and
new religious movements.
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Review, 2005, Volume 4,
Number 1, pages 41-64. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the
bound volume. This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.
