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| name = From Slogans to Mantras |
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| author = [[Stephen A. Kent]] |
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| country = {{USA}} |
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| language = [[English (language)|English]] |
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| subject = [[Religion]], [[Social activism]] |
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| genre = [[Non-fiction]] |
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| publisher = [[Syracuse University Press]] |
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| release_date = October 2001 |
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| media_type = Hardcover |
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| pages = 224 |
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| isbn = ISBN 0815629230 , ISBN 978-0815629238 |
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'''''From Slogans to Mantras: Social Protest and Religious Conversion in the Late Vietnam War Era''''' is a [[non-fiction]] book by [[sociologist]] [[Stephen A. Kent]]. The book was published in both hardcover and paperback editions, in 2001. [[Benjamin Zablocki]] provided the forward to the work<ref name="whitsett" />. |
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== Reception == |
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''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' described the work as a "lucid and economical study", noting that Kent had examined the covergence between the interest of American youth in radical politics and protest - and the pursuit of: "unusual, cultish, spiritual traditions."<ref>{{cite book |
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| title = [[Publishers Weekly]] |
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| publisher = 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc. |
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| pages = Review, ''From Slogans to Mantras'' |
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| id = }}</ref> Overbeck writes in ''[[Library Journal]]'' that the work is recommended for [[academic]] and public libraries, mentioning that Kent utilized personal narratives and alternative press in the book<ref>{{cite book |
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| title = [[Library Journal]] |
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| publisher = 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. |
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| location = Atlanta-Fulton Public Library, [[Atlanta, Georgia]] |
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| pages = Review, From Slogans to Mantras |
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| id = }}</ref>. Whitsett review the book in ''[[Cultic Studies Review]]''<ref name="whitsett">{{cite journal |
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| title = Reviews: ''From Slogans to Mantras: Social Protest and Religious Conversion in the Late Vietnam War Era'' |
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| journal = [[Cultic Studies Review]] |
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| volume = 1 |
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| issue = 3 |
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| date = 2002 |
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| url = http://www.icsahome.com/infoserv_bookreviews/bkrev_fromsloganstomantras.htm |
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| accessdate = }}</ref>, writing that it contained informative content, and is an easy read free of sociological [[jargon]] which made it more accessible to non-expert readers. However, Whitsett also notes that it would have been interesting to compare those that did not choose the route of the ex-members described in the work, and to analyze the differences inherent in these two subsets of individuals<Ref name="whitsett" />. Gill reviewed the book in ''Humanities and Social Sciences Online'' and also commented on the readability of the work, stating that it was succinctly written and engaging<ref>Jill K. Gill . "Review of Stephen A. Kent, From Slogans to Mantras: Social Protest and Religious Conversion in the Late Vietnam War Era," H-AmRel, H-Net Reviews, July, 2002. URL: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=196341029215872.</ref>, and is a useful addition to courses on American religious history. |
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Williams reviewed the book in ''The Journal of American History'', and provided a less positive review<ref name="williams">{{cite journal |
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| title = Book Review, ''From Slogans to Mantras'' |
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| journal = The Journal of American History |
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| volume = 89 |
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| issue = 4 |
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| date = March 2003 |
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| accessdate = }}</ref>. He noted that Kent analyzed groups that have been referred to as both [[cult]]s and [[new religious movement]]s, including [[David Berg]]'s [[Children of God]], [[Guru Maharaj Ji]]'s [[Divine Light Mission]], the [[Unification Church]] [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness]], [[Scientology]], [[Transcendental meditation]], and others<ref name="williams" />. Williams concluded his review by stating that the work was "mildly interesting and useful footnote to the sixties", but he wished the book had gone further than that<ref name="williams" />. [[Massimo Introvigne]] also gave the work a critical review which was published on his [[CESNUR]] Web site<ref name="introvigne">[[Massimo Introvigne]], [http://www.cesnur.org/2002/mi_kent.htm Getting Unsaved from the Sixties: Stephen Kent’s "From Slogans to Mantras"], retrieved 11-05-2007.</ref>. Introgivne referred to what he described as "the author’s well-known harsh criticism of NRMs" (new religious movements)<ref name="introvigne" />. However, Introvigne did state that the book was interesting reading, and that the discussion started by Kent on the postpolitical fate of 1960s activists is important and should be expanded upon<ref name="introvigne" />. |
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== Cited by other works == |
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''From Slogans to Mantras'' is cited by Oppenheimer's ''Knocking on Heaven's Door''<ref>{{cite book |
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| title = Knocking on Heaven's Door |
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| publisher = Yale University Press |
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| date = October 1, 2003 |
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| pages = 304 |
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| id = ISBN 0300100248}}</ref>. |
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== External links == |
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*[http://www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu/2001/from-slogans.html Syracuse University Press], Publisher's Web site |
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*[http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/~skent/sloganreviews.html Reviews of From Slogans to Mantras], Web Site of [[Stephen A. Kent]] |
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== References == |
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{{Reflist|2}} |
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[[Category:Non-fiction books]] |
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[[Category:2001 books]] |
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[[Category:Cult-related books]] |
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