Talk:Thomas Robbins (sociologist)

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We already had several redlinks linking to this article (see What links here). There is a total of around a thousand google books and google scholar links for 'cults "Thomas Robbins"', plus 300 google scholar links for 'brainwashing "Thomas Robbins"'. His bio data in the Encyclopedia of Religion and Society by William H. Swatos, Peter Kivisto, published by Rowman Altamira, 1998, ISBN 0761989560, runs to two pages. I'll try to add more sources and material over the coming days and weeks. Jayen 466 18:06, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]