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David V. Barrett is a Britishsociologist of religion who has widely written on topics pertaining tonew religious movements andwestern esotericism. He is also a regular contributor toThe Independent,Fortean Times, and theCatholic Herald.[1]
Barrett received his PhD in the Sociology of Religion from theLondon School of Economics. The back flap of one of his books states he was an intelligence analyst for the UKGovernment Communications Headquarters and the United States' government'sNational Security Agency prior to his career as a writer.[1]
He has been involved inscience fiction critique, having editedVector, the critical journal of theBritish Science Fiction Association in the late 1980s, and organized and chaired theArthur C. Clarke Award for three years.[2]
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