Ten Comments on Watching Closely the Gaps between Beliefs and Actions

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Abstract

Can we develop a credible risk assessment system for new religious movements? We are challenged by the complexity of interactions between beliefs, individual members, leadership and the surrounding environment. In addition, our ability to predict the actions of specific groups is severely hampered by a strong apologetic bias on the part of most NRM researchers. Beyond the problem of bias, we are faced with one practical problem and that is obtaining reliable intelligence. The truth is that scholars do not really know much about what is going on inside the thousands of religious groups in existence today.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)123-144
Number of pages22
JournalTerrorism and Political Violence
Volume14
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Safety Research
  • Political Science and International Relations

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