William Sims Bainbridge

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William Sims Bainbridge in August 2008

William Sims Bainbridge (born October 12, 1940 ) is an American sociologist , communications scientist and sociologist of religion . Bainbridge is co-director of the Human-Centered Computing Division of the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Arlington , Virginia , and an adjunct professor at George Mason University , Virginia.

Bainbridge holds a PhD in Sociology from Harvard University . He then worked in the field of sociology of religion , where he dealt in particular with religious sects . Bainbridge has published numerous books and academic articles on the sociology of religion. His best-known book Satan's Power (published 1978) describes the Process Church sect, which he observed and infiltrated for years - a splinter group of Scientology - which operated a Satan cult .

Together with the sociologist Rodney Stark, Bainbridge published the fundamental works The Future of Religion (1985) and A Theory of Religion (1987). Also known is the book The Endtime Family: Children of God , published in 2002 , in which Bainbridge deals with the sect of God's children .

More recently, Bainbridge has shifted his focus to the sociology of computer games .

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  • William Sims Bainbridge: Satan's Power: A Deviant Psychotherapy Cult . University of California Press, 1978, ISBN 978-0-520-03546-1 , pp. 336 (English).
  • William Sims Bainbridge: The Space Flight Revolution: A Sociological Study . Krieger Pub Co, 1983, ISBN 978-0-89874-501-6 , pp. 294 (English).
  • William Sims Bainbridge, Rodney Stark : The Future of Religion: Secularization, Revival and Cult Formation . University of California Press, 1986, ISBN 978-0-520-05731-9 , pp. 600 (English).
  • William Sims Bainbridge: Goals in Space: American Values ​​and the Future of Technology . State University of New York Press, 1991, ISBN 978-0-7914-0615-1 , pp. 286 (English).
  • William Sims Bainbridge: Social Research Methods and Statistics: A Computer-Assisted Introduction . Wadsworth Publishing, 1992, ISBN 978-0-534-13122-7 , pp. 592 (English).
  • William Sims Bainbridge: The Sociology of Religious Movements . Routledge, 1996, ISBN 978-0-415-91202-0 , pp. 488 (English).
  • William Sims Bainbridge: Nanoconvergence: The Unity of Nanoscience, Biotechnology, Information Technology and Cognitive Science . Prentice Hall, 2007, ISBN 978-0-13-244643-3 , pp. 272 (English).
  • William Sims Bainbridge: The Warcraft Civilization: Social Science in a Virtual World . The MIT Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-262-51806-2 , pp. 256 (English).
  • William Sims Bainbridge: eGods: Faith Versus Fantasy in Computer Gaming . Oxford University Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-19-993581-9 , pp. 328 (English).
  • William Sims Bainbridge: Personality Capture and Emulation . Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4471-5603-1 (English).
  • William Sims Bainbridge: Dynamic Secularization: Information Technology and the Tension Between Religion and Science . Springer, 2017, ISBN 978-3-319-56501-9 , pp. 268 (English).
  • William Sims Bainbridge: Revival Resurrecting the Process Church of the Final Judgment . Feral House, 2017, ISBN 978-1-62731-048-2 , pp. 192 (English).

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SURNAME Bainbridge, William Sims
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sociologist, communications scientist and sociologist of religion
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1940