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Novak, David. 1999. ―Proselytism in Judaism.‖ In Sharing the Book: Religious Perspectives on the
Rights and Wrongs of Proselytism. Edited by John Witte and Richard C. Martin. 17-44. Maryknoll,
NY: Orbis Books.
Ofshe, Richard. 1992. ―Coercive Persuasion and Attitude Change.‖ In The Encyclopedia of Sociology,
Vol. 1, 212-224. Edited by E. Borgatta and M. Borgatta. New York: Macmillan.
Ofshe, Richard, and Margaret Singer. 1986. ―Attacks on Peripheral versus Central Elements of Self and
the Impact of Thought Reform Techniques.‖ Cultic Studies Journal 3(1):3-24.
Perloff, Richard M. 1993. The Dynamics of Persuasion. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
Publishers.
Robbins, Thomas. 1984. ―Constructing Cultist ‗Mind Control.‘‖ Sociological Analysis, 45(3):214-56.
Sawatsky, Rodney. 1986. ―In Defense of Proselytizing.‖ In Inter-Faith Dialogue: Four Approaches, 75-
96. Edited by John W. Miller. Waterloo: University of Waterloo Press.
Schein, Edgar H. 1961. A Socio-psychological Analysis of the ‘Brainwashing’ of American Civilian
Prisoners by the Chinese Communists. New York: W. W. Norton.
Singer, Margaret Thaler and Marsha E. Addis. 1992. ―Cults, Coercion and Contumely.‖ Cultic Studies
Journal 9(2):163-89.
Thiessen, Elmer John. 1993. Teaching for Commitment: Liberal Education, Indoctrination and
Christian Nurture. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen‘s University Press.
West, Louis Jolyon. 1990. ―Persuasive Techniques in Contemporary Cults: A Public Health Approach.‖
7(2):126-49.
Young, John L., and Ezra E. Griffith. 1992. ―A Critical Evaluation of Coercive Persuasion as Used in the
Assessment of Cults.‖ Behavioral Sciences and the Law 10(1):89-101.
Elmer Thiessen (B.Th., B.A., M.A., Ph.D.) has recently taken early retirement after
having taught philosophy and religious studies at Medicine Hat College (Alberta, Canada) for
over 30 years. His official position now is that of a ―roving philosopher,‖ open to short-term
teaching and research positions anywhere in the world. At the present time he is
alternating between contract teaching at Medicine Hat College and teaching overseas. In
2005 he taught at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit in Leuven, Belgium. This past
winter he taught at Lithuania Christian College in Klaipeda, Lithuania. He has published
numerous articles and book reviews, both in professional journals and religious magazines.
His research specialty has been the philosophy of education – here he has published two
books, Teaching for Commitment, and In Defence of Religious Schools and Colleges (McGill-
Queen‘s University Press, 1993 2001). His present research interest is in the philosophy of
religion, and he has just completed another manuscript, ―Making Converts: The Ethics of
Proselytizing,‖ which is being sent to publishers.
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Review, 2006, Volume 5, Number 3,
pages 374-389. 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.
Novak, David. 1999. ―Proselytism in Judaism.‖ In Sharing the Book: Religious Perspectives on the
Rights and Wrongs of Proselytism. Edited by John Witte and Richard C. Martin. 17-44. Maryknoll,
NY: Orbis Books.
Ofshe, Richard. 1992. ―Coercive Persuasion and Attitude Change.‖ In The Encyclopedia of Sociology,
Vol. 1, 212-224. Edited by E. Borgatta and M. Borgatta. New York: Macmillan.
Ofshe, Richard, and Margaret Singer. 1986. ―Attacks on Peripheral versus Central Elements of Self and
the Impact of Thought Reform Techniques.‖ Cultic Studies Journal 3(1):3-24.
Perloff, Richard M. 1993. The Dynamics of Persuasion. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
Publishers.
Robbins, Thomas. 1984. ―Constructing Cultist ‗Mind Control.‘‖ Sociological Analysis, 45(3):214-56.
Sawatsky, Rodney. 1986. ―In Defense of Proselytizing.‖ In Inter-Faith Dialogue: Four Approaches, 75-
96. Edited by John W. Miller. Waterloo: University of Waterloo Press.
Schein, Edgar H. 1961. A Socio-psychological Analysis of the ‘Brainwashing’ of American Civilian
Prisoners by the Chinese Communists. New York: W. W. Norton.
Singer, Margaret Thaler and Marsha E. Addis. 1992. ―Cults, Coercion and Contumely.‖ Cultic Studies
Journal 9(2):163-89.
Thiessen, Elmer John. 1993. Teaching for Commitment: Liberal Education, Indoctrination and
Christian Nurture. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen‘s University Press.
West, Louis Jolyon. 1990. ―Persuasive Techniques in Contemporary Cults: A Public Health Approach.‖
7(2):126-49.
Young, John L., and Ezra E. Griffith. 1992. ―A Critical Evaluation of Coercive Persuasion as Used in the
Assessment of Cults.‖ Behavioral Sciences and the Law 10(1):89-101.
Elmer Thiessen (B.Th., B.A., M.A., Ph.D.) has recently taken early retirement after
having taught philosophy and religious studies at Medicine Hat College (Alberta, Canada) for
over 30 years. His official position now is that of a ―roving philosopher,‖ open to short-term
teaching and research positions anywhere in the world. At the present time he is
alternating between contract teaching at Medicine Hat College and teaching overseas. In
2005 he taught at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit in Leuven, Belgium. This past
winter he taught at Lithuania Christian College in Klaipeda, Lithuania. He has published
numerous articles and book reviews, both in professional journals and religious magazines.
His research specialty has been the philosophy of education – here he has published two
books, Teaching for Commitment, and In Defence of Religious Schools and Colleges (McGill-
Queen‘s University Press, 1993 2001). His present research interest is in the philosophy of
religion, and he has just completed another manuscript, ―Making Converts: The Ethics of
Proselytizing,‖ which is being sent to publishers.
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Review, 2006, Volume 5, Number 3,
pages 374-389. 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.
