Anson Shupe

Biographic Data

ID114789
NAMEAnson Shupe
GIVEN NAMESAnson
FAMILY NAMEShupe
SIGNATURESHUPE A
AFFILIATIONSThe University of Texas at Arlington
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS124
TOTAL CITATIONS62
AUTHOR COUNT124
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1972
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
H-INDEX5

  • Internet Accessibility of the Mizuko Kuyo (Water-Child Ritual) in Modern Japan: A Case Study in Weberian Rationality

    Mieko Yamada, Anson ShupeARTICLESociological Focus2013Cited by: 2References: 4

    The mizuko kuyo is a Japanese (Buddhist, Shinto, New Religious, other) memorial service for infants or young children who have died through some misfortune, including disease, miscarriage, and, increasingly, elective abortion. Indeed, abortion is the predominant form of contraception for many Japanese families. Here we consider, in Weberian terms of the rationalization of institutions, how Internet accessibility and its created virtual reality of…

  • Violence, Inequality, and Human Freedom

    Peter Iadicola, Peter Iadıcola et al.BOOKViolence, Inequality, and Human…2012

    Violence, Inequality, and Human Freedom is a sociological introduction to the study of violence that looks at violence on three different levels—structural, institutional, and interpersonal. The third edition is updated throughout, including a new chapter on educational violence and revised sections on economic and international violence.

  • Religious Fundamentalism

    Anson ShupeCHAPTERThe Oxford handbook of the…2009

  • The Serpent and the Dove: Celibacy in Literature and Life

    Anson ShupeARTICLESociology of Religion2009

    Celibacy, or the “celibacy crisis,” is one of the issues raised in both the recent wave of Roman Catholic priest sex abuse scandals as well as in the earlier (mid-1980–1990s) wave. A. W. Richard Sipe, former Benedictine priest and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine lecturer in psychotherapy (now married and semi-retired in private practice), has been following celibacy and other sexual matters concerning Roman Catholic priests for close …

  • The Cultic Milieu: Oppositional Subcultures in an Age of Globalization

    Anson Shupe, Jon Kaplan et al.ARTICLEReview of Religious Research2005

  • Regulating Religion: Case Studies from around the Globe

    Anson Shupe, J T RichardsonARTICLEReview of Religious Research2005

  • Bad Pastors: Clergy Misconduct in Modern America

    Alain P Durocher, Anson Shupe et al.ARTICLESociology of Religion2004

    Journal Article Bad Pastors: Clergy Misconduct in Modern America, by Anson Shupe, William A. Stacey, and Susan E. Darnell (eds.). New York and London: New York University Press, 2000, 240 pp.; $60.00 (cloth) $19.00 (paper) Get access Alain P. Durocher Alain P. Durocher Dillard University, New Orleans Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 2, Summer 2004, Pages 183–184, http…

  • Misunderstanding Cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field

    Anson Shupe, Benjamin Zablocki et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…2002

  • Wolves within the Fold: Religious Leadership and the Abuses of Power

    M J Neitz, Anson ShupeARTICLESociology of Religion2002

    Journal Article Wolves within the Fold: Religious Leadership and the Abuses of Power, edited by Anson Shupe. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press 1998. 245pp. $20.00 (paper), $59.00 (cloth) Get access Mary Jo Neitz Mary Jo Neitz University of Missouri, Columbia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 63, Issue 2, Summer 2002, Pages 261–262, https://doi.org/10.2307/3712573 Publi…

  • Religion, Mobilization, and Social Action

    William A Mirola, Anson Shupe et al.ARTICLESociology of Religion2001

    Journal Article Religion, Mobilization, and Social Action, by Anson Shupe and Bronisaw Misztal, (eds.). Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1998, 260pp. $65.00 Get access William A. Mirola William A. Mirola Marian College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 62, Issue 1, Spring 2001, Pages 143–144, https://doi.org/10.2307/3712243 Published: 01 March 2001

  • Religion, Mobilization, and Social Action

    Rebecca L Lee, Raymond L M Lee et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…2000

    Preface Secularization, Globalization, and Social Action Fundamentalism and Globalization: Fundamentalist Movements at the Twilight of the Twentieth Century by Bronislaw Misztal and Anson Shupe Secularization and Religious Modernity in Western Europe by Daniele Hervieu-Leger Open Society, Social Action and the Prospects of Social Mobilization in the Twenty-First Century by Bronislaw Misztal The Rationality Debate in Religiosity: Implications for …

  • Religion, Mobilization, and Social Action

    Mark R Warren, Anson Shupe et al.ARTICLESocial Forces2000

  • Wolves Within the Fold: Religious Leadership and Abuses of Power

    J T Richardson, Anson ShupeARTICLESocial Forces2000

    Wolves within the Fold is the first collection of new articles dealing with abuse of authority by religious leaders and the victimization of their parishioners. The power of religion as a symbolic, salvationDpromising enterprise resides in its authority to create and shape reality for believers and command their obedience. This power can inspire tremendous acts of human kindness, charity, compassion, and hope. But witch hunts, inquisitions, crusa…

  • Wolves within the Fold: Religious Leadership and Abuse of Power

    Will C Van Den Hoonaard, Anson ShupeARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1999

  • The Bully Pulpit: The Politics of Portestand Clergy

    Anson Shupe, James L Guth et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1999

  • Insane Therapy: Portrait of a Psychotherapy Cult

    Anson Shupe, Marybeth F AyellaARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…1999

  • Religion, Mobilization, and Social Action

    Anson Shupe, Bronislaw MisztalBOOKReligion, Mobilization, and…1998

    Religious social action groups are emerging as key movers in sweeping sociopolitical changes world-wide. Although their inspiration is religious, their goals are secular. This volume considers the role of such groups by examining regions and nations where change has been most dramatic. Areas researched include: Western Europe, North America, the Amazonian rain basin, Malaysia, Japan, Russia, Northern Ireland, and Israel. The movements studied are…

  • Vicissitudes of Public Legitimacy for Religious Groups: A Comparison of the Unification and Roman Catholic Churches

    Anson ShupeARTICLEReview of Religious Research1997Cited by: 2

    Anson Shupe, Vicissitudes of Public Legitimacy for Religious Groups: A Comparison of the Unification and Roman Catholic Churches, Review of Religious Research, Vol. 39, No. 2, Special Issue: Mass Media and Unconventional Religion (Dec., 1997), pp. 172-183

  • In the Name of All That's Holy: A Theory of Clergy Malfeasance

    Susanne C Monahan, Anson ShupeARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1996

  • The Angel and the Beehive: The Mormon Struggle with Assimilation. Armand L. Mauss

    Anson ShupeARTICLEAmerican Journal of Sociology1996

  • In the Name of All That's Holy, a Theory of Clergy Malfeasance

    Jackson W Carroll, Anson ShupeARTICLEReview of Religious Research1996

  • Sex, Priests, and Power: Anatomy of A Crisis

    Anson Shupe, A W Richard SipeARTICLESociology of Religion1996

    Journal Article Sex, Priests, and Power: Anatomy of A Crisis, by A. W. Richard Sipe. New York: Brunner/Mazel Publishers, 1995, xiv + 220 pp. $24.95 Get access Anson Shupe Anson Shupe Indiana University-Purdue UniversityFort Wayne Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 57, Issue 1, Spring 1996, Pages 104–105, https://doi.org/10.2307/3712009 Published: 01 March 1996

  • Sex, Lies, and Sanctity: Religion and Deviance in Contemporary North America

    Anson Shupe, M J Neitz et al.ARTICLESociology of Religion1996

    Journal Article Sex, Lies, and Sanctity: Religion and Deviance in Contemporary North America, edited by Mary Jo Neitz and Marion S. Goldman. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1995, 271 pp. $73.25 Get access Anson Shupe Anson Shupe Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 57, Issue 4, Winter 1996, Page 426, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711902 Publish…

  • Anti-Cult Movements in Cross Cultural Perspective

    Janet L Jacobs, Janet Jacobs et al.ARTICLESociology of Religion1996

    Journal Article Anti-cult Movements in Cross Cultural Perspective, edited by Anson Shupe and David C. Bromley. New York: Garland, 1994, 274 pp. $43.00 Get access Janet L. Jacobs Janet L. Jacobs University of Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 57, Issue 4, Winter 1996, Pages 421–422, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711898 Published: 01 December 1996

  • The Violent Couple

    J L Miller, William A Stacey et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1996