Сью́зан Джи́н Па́лмер ( англ. Susan Jean Palmer ; род 14 апреля 1946 ) — канадский религиовед и социолог религии . Специализируется на исследовании новых религиозных движений . Получила наибольшую известность как автор монографии «Moon Sisters, Krishna Mothers, Rajneesh Lovers: Women’s Roles in New Religions» (1994).

Биография

В 1968 году получила бакалавра гуманитарных наук по английскому языку с отличием в Университете Макгилла .

В 1976 году получила магистра гуманитарных наук по религиоведению и сравнительной этике Университете Конкордия , а в 1992 году там же получила доктора философии по религиоведению.

В 1974 — 2013 годах — профессор религиоведения в (англ.) ( в Монреале .

В 1992 — 2014 годах была преподавателем- , в 1996 — 2006 годах — адъюнкт-профессором , в 2008 — 2010 годах — научным сотрудником, а в 2011 — 2016 годах — профессором ( англ. Affiliate Professor ) кафедры религиоведения Университете Конкордия .

В 2013 — 2016 годах — сотрудник факультета религиоведения Университете Макгилла .

Увлекается игрой на арфе . Училась игре на клавесине и изучала (англ.) ( в (англ.) ( и в Университете Макгилла , а также училась игре на арфе в Ирландской музыкальной школе в Сиамса. Её учили играть на кельтской арфе Элисон Киннаирд, Энни Хейманн и Сиобхан Армстронг. Выступала вместе со Scottish Trio и Arisaig Mist.

Научные труды

Монографии

• Palmer S. от 5 марта 2016 на Wayback Machine (1994) Syracuse University Press ISBN 0-8156-0382-7 , ISBN 978-0-8156-0382-5
• Palmer S. AIDS as an Apocalyptic Metaphor . Toronto: University of Toronto Press , 1997.
• Palmer S. I Raeliani. Torino, Italy: Editrice ELLDICI, 2000.
• Palmer S., , Bao Q. Apocalyptic Movements in Sociological Perspective. Beijing, 2000. (издана на китайском языке).
• Palmer S. Aliens Adored: Rael’s UFO Religion N.J.: Rutgers University Press , 2004 ISBN 0-8135-3476-3 , ISBN 978-0-8135-3476-3
• Palmer S. The Nubian Nation: Black Spirituality and State Control Farnham: Ashgate Publishing, 2010 ISBN 978-0-7546-6255-6
• Palmer S. The New Heretics of France: Minority Religions, la Republique, and the Government-Sponsored ‘War on Sects' N.Y.: Oxford University Press , 2011. ISBN 978-0-19-973521-1 , ISBN 0-19-973521-2
• Palmer S., (англ.) ( Storming Zion: Exploring State Raids on Religious Communities N.Y.: Oxford University Press , 2015.

Статьи

• Palmer S. "Performance Practices in Meditation Rituals among the New Religions" (1980) // SR/Sciences Religeuses 9/4 Canada.
• Palmer S. "Purity and Danger in the Rajneesh Foundation" (August, 1986) Update. Aaarhus, Denmark” (Reprinted in The Order of the Solar Temple, edited by James R. Lewis , Ashgate Publishing, 2006.)
• Palmer S. "Community and Commitment in the Rajneesh Foundation" (September, 1986) Update. Aaarhus, Denmark.
• Palmer S. "Charisma and Abdication: A Study of the Leadership of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh," // Sociological Analysis 49 (2), 1988.
• Palmer S. "AIDS as Metaphor" // Society magazine (ed.) Irving Horowitz. New Jersey, 1989
• Palmer S. Woman as "Playmate" in the Raelian Movement: Power and Pantagamy in a New Religion // Syzygy: Journal of Alternative Religion and Culture. Volume 1: Issue 2-3 (Spring 1992)
• Palmer S., Bird F. "Therapy, Charisma and Social Control in the Rajneesh Movement," // Sociological Analysis 53 (S), 1992, 71-86.
• Palmer S. "Coping with Apocalypse in Canada: Endtime Experiences in the Institute of Applied Metaphysics and la Mission de l'Esprit Saint" // Sociological Analysis 53, No.2 (December 1992) 397-416.
• Palmer S. "Women's Cocoon Work: New Religious Movements and Feminine Rites of Passage" Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion . Vol. 32, No.3 (December, 1993) 343-355.
• Palmer S. "New Eves New Adams: Improvisations on Gender and Genesis in New Religious Movements" (1994) // Religion and Gender (IV), edited by Arvind Sharma . Montreal Canada: (англ.) ( , 1994.
• Palmer S. "Purity and Danger in the Rajneesh Foundation," (англ.) ( 11/3, 1996. 303-318. (Reprinted in The Order of the Solar Temple, edited by James R. Lewis , Ashgate Publishing, 2006.)
• Bozeman J., Palmer S. “The Northeast Kingdom Community Church of Island Pond: Raising Up a People for Yahshua’s Return,” (англ.) ( 12, no.2 (May 1997): 181-190.
• Palmer S., “Field Notes: Falun Dafa Practitioners: A Preliminary Research Report,” Nova Religio: Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions . 2000 (IV:1):133-135.
• Palmer S. "The Rael Deal: A UFO-based religion goes for human cloning.” Religion in the News, Summer 2001.
• Palmer S. “Field Notes: France’s Anti-Sect Wars,” Nova Religio: Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions , 6, No.1 (October 2002) 174-181.
• Palmer S. Unrael!: A UFO religion discovers that the media plays ball", Religion in the News, Spring 2003.
• Palmer S. "From Healing to Protest: Conversion Patterns Among the Practitioners of Falun Gong," Nova Religio: Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions . Vol. 6, No. 2, April, 2003. 223-243.
• Palmer S. “Faith Healing and Protest: Conversion patterns Among the Practitioners of Falun Gong,” Nova Religio: Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions , 6, No. 2 (April 2003) 348-64.
• Palmer S., Bromley D. “Deliberate Heresies: Myth and Ritual in NRMs,” by Susan Palmer and , in Teaching New Religious Movements, edited by David G. Bromley , Oxford University Press , 2007.
• Palmer S. “Cult Fighting in Middle Georgia” in Religion in the News, edited by Mark Silk, Trinity College, Massachusetts), Summer 2006.
• Palmer S. “Frances’ War on Sects: A Post 9-11 Update,” // Nova Religio: Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions . Vol. 11, No. 3 (February 2008), pp. 104-120.
• Palmer S. “The Church of Scientology in France: Legal and Activist Counterattacks to the War on Sectes,” // Scientology, edited by James R. Lewis . Oxford University Press , 2009.
• Palmer S., Abravanel M. “The Church Universal and Triumphant: Shelter, Succession and Schism.” // Sacred Schisms, edited by James R. Lewis . Cambridge University Press , 2009.
• Palmer S. “The Twelve Tribes: Preparing the Bride for Yahshua's Return,” // Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions . Vol. 13, No. 3 (February 2010), pp. 59-80.
• Palmer S. “Rescuing Children: Raids on Religious Communities”, in Saints Under Siege The Texas State Raid on the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints, edited by (англ.) ( and James T. Richardson . N.Y. New York University Press , 2011.
• Palmer S. Quebec, a New Plymouth Rock for France’s Sectes? » // Prophéties et utopies religieuses au Canada, edited by Bernadette Rigal-Cellard: Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, 2011.
• Palmer S., Sentes B. “The Raelian Movement International,” // The Cambridge Companion to New Religious Movements, edited by Olav Hammer and Mikael Rothstein . Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press , 2012.
• Palmer S. “Mandarom: The Limitations of Liberté in the Laicité” // Spiritual and Visionary Communities: Out t Save the World, edited by Timothy Miller . Ashgate INFORM Series: London, U.K.: Ashgate Publishing, 2012.
• Palmer S. “Cult Wars on the Internet: Virtual Battles and the Challenges of Cyberspace” // Cultural Dialogues, Religion and Communication, edited by Isaac Nahon-Serfaty. Ottawa: University of Ottawa, 2013.
• Palmer S. “La Mission de l’Esprit-Saint: One Hundred Years of Prophecies and Schisms in a Quebecois NRM” // Revisionism and Diversification, edited by Eileen V. Barker ( INFORM /Ashgate Series). London, U.K.: Ashgate Publishing, 2014.
• Palmer S. “Rael’s Angels: The First Five Years of a Secret Order” // Sexuality and New Religions, edited by Henrik Bogdan and James R. Lewis . Palgrave Macmillan , 2014.
• Palmer S. “Religion or Sedition? The Domestic Terrorism Trial of a Michigan-based Christian Militia”, in Legal Cases involving New Religious Movements and other Minority Faiths, edited by James T. Richardson ( INFORM /Ashgate Series). London, U.K.: Ashgate Publishing, January 2015.

Рецензии

• Palmer S. Sati: Historical and Phenomenological Essays, Arvind Sharma (ed.), Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass // SR/Sciences Religieuses, Vol.19.3/1990.
• Palmer S. The Postcharismatic Fate of New Religious Movements, Timothy Miller (ed.) // Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion December 1992
• Palmer S. Charisma & Control in Rajneeshpuram, by Lewis F. Carter // Sociological Analysis Vol.52.3, Fall,1991.
• Palmer S. When Rituals Go Wrong: Mistakes, Failure, and the Dynamics of Ritual, (Amsterdam: Brill) // Journal of Religion in Europe, July 2008.
• Palmer S. Perfect Children: Growing Up on the Religious Fringe. By Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist . Oxford University Press, 2015. // (англ.) (

Научная редакция

• The Rajneesh Papers Susan Palmer and Arvind Sharma (eds.) New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass , 1993 ISBN 81-208-1080-5 , ISBN 978-81-208-1080-8
• Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem (англ.) ( and Susan Palmer (eds.) New York: Routledge , 1997 ISBN 0-415-91649-6 , ISBN 978-0-415-91649-3
• Children in New Religions Susan Palmer and Charlotte Hardman (eds.). New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press , 1999. ISBN 0-8135-2620-5 , ISBN 978-0-8135-2620-1

Примечания

Ссылки

• // Centre d’Information et de Conseil des Nouvelles Spiritualités (CICNS)