Anson David Shupe, Jr. (21 January 1948 – 4 May 2015) was an Americansociologist and author noted for his studies of religious groups and their countermovements, family violence and clergy misconduct.
An advocate for religious freedom, Shupe conducted fieldwork on theUnification Church and othernew religious movements, as well as their opponents.[5] Together withDavid G. Bromley, Shupe was considered one of the foremost social science authorities on theanti-cult movement, based on a series of books and articles on the topic he coauthored with Bromley.[2][5]
Other areas Shupe researched included theNew Christian Right,religious broadcasting, and the political impact offundamentalism; he also wrote about family violence and clergy misconduct, i.e. violent or exploitative behaviour on the part of pastors, ministers or gurus.[4][5] He frequently acted as a consultant to attorneys in lawsuits involving issues ofreligious freedom or clergy abuse.[2][6]
——;Bromley, David G.; Oliver, Donna L. (1984).The Anti-Cult Movement in America: A Bibliography and Historical Survey. Garland Press.
——;Bromley, David G. (1986).A Documentary History of the Anti-Cult Movement. University of Texas Center for Social Research Press.
Heinerman, John; —— (1986).The Mormon Corporate Empire: The Eye-Opening Report on the Church and Its Political and Financial Agenda.Beacon Press.ISBN0-8070-0406-5.
Misztal, Bronislaw; ——, eds. (1992).Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective: Revival of Religious Fundamentalism in East and West.Praeger Publishers.ISBN0-275-94218-X.
"The Cult Awareness Network and the Anticult Movement: Implications for NRMs in America" (with Susan E. Darnell and Kendrick Moxon) inNew Religious Movements and Religious Liberty in America. edited by Derek H. Davis and Barry Hankins. Waco: J.M.Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies and Baylor University Press, 2002.ISBN0-929182-64-2
"The North American Anti-cult Movement: Vicissitudes of Success and Failure." inThe Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements (with David G. Bromley and Susan E. Darnell), ed. by James R. Lewis. NY: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 184–205.
"Anticult Movements" entry in Lindsay Jones, editor-in-chief,Encyclopedia of Religion. 2nd edition. Vol. 1 Thomson/Macmillan 2005, pp. 395–7.
"Deprogramming" entry in Lindsay Jones, editor-in-chief,Encyclopedia of Religion. 2nd edition Vol. 4 Thomson/Macmillan 2005, pp. 2291–3.
Jackson W. Carroll, Review of In The Name of All That's Holy,Review of Religious Research 38 (1996): 90-91.
Hans A. Baer, Review of The Darker Side of Virtue,Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 31 (1992): 242-243.
A.J. Pavlos, Review of Six Perspectives on New Religions,Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 22 (1983): 95-96.
Stephen A. Kent and Theresa Krebs, "When Scholars Know Sin: Alternative Religions and Their Academic Supporters,"Skeptic, 6/3 (1988): 36-44. Also see J. Gordon Melton, Anson D. Shupe and James R. Lewis, "When Scholars Know Sin" Forum Reply to Kent and Krebs,Skeptic, 7/1 (1999): 14-21.
Hansen, Susan (June 1997) "Did Scientology Strike Back?",The American Lawyer.
^Zellner, William W.; Petrowsky, Marc, eds. (1998).Sects, Cults, and Spiritual Communities: A Sociological Analysis. Religion in the Age of Transformation.Praeger Publishing. p. 27.ISBN978-0-275-96335-4.
