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Joseph Laycock - Faculty Associate Professor CMAL 207-C (512) 245-3145 joseph.laycock@txstate.edu Nathan Leach ...
Robert Laycock in 1943. Laycock was born in Westminster on 18 April 1907, the eldest son of Brigadier General Sir Joseph Frederick Laycock (died 1952)—an officer of the Royal Regiment of Artillery knighted for his services during the First World War—by his marriage on 14 November 1902 to Katherine Mary (Kitty) Hare (1872–1959), who was ...
Introducing the reader to some of the key issues and debates in the field of NRM studies, this book includes discussions on: how to define the term “new religious movement”. critically unpacking the term “cult”. how to study NRMs. brainwashing and deprogramming. prophecy and failed prophecy. charisma and authority. NRMs and violence.
Attendance: Mandatory. Grade: A. Textbook: Yes. Founders, Prophets, and Saints was a very interesting class although be prepared to read tough readings. All are very interesting but some are older and less interesting but Professor Laycock does a great job of helping students understand the readings as you talk through them in class.
As Joseph P. Laycock argues so well in Speak of the Devil: How the Satanic Temple is Changing the Way We Talk about Religion, TST’s existence and activism raise important questions of classification: what counts as religion, what religious freedom means, who deserves it, what are American values, and who best embodies them.
Joseph Laycock Paranormal America: Ghost Encounters, UFO Sightings, Bigfoot Hunts, and Other Curiosities in Religion and Culture. By Christopher D. Bader, F. Carson Mencken, and Joseph D. Baker. New York University Press, 2010. 264 pages. $20.00 paper. Paranormal Media: Audiences, Spirits and Magic in Popular Culture. By Annette Hill.
Sir Joseph Laycock’s brief involvement with motor boating seems to have started when, along with Winchester Clowes George Atkinson and his friend Hugh, Duke of Westminster he took part in the A-Class competition on Southampton Water at the 1908 Olympics.
