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- ↑ (1994) Moon Sisters, Krishna Mothers, Rajneesh Lovers: Women's Roles in New Religions. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815602972
- ↑ Palmer, Susan J. 2001. "Caught Up in the Cult Wars: Confessions of a Canadian Researcher." In Misunderstanding Cults, Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field, eds. Benjamin Zablocki and Thomas Robbins, 99-122. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802043733
- ↑ Palmer, Susan, The New Heretics of France, Minority Religions, la Republique, and the Government-Sponsored 'War on Sects' New York: Oxford University Press ISBN 9780199735211
- ↑ Palmer, Susan 2010 The Nuwaubian Nation: Black Spirituality and State Control Farnham, UK: Ashgate ISBN 9781138265585
- ↑ Aliens Adored: Raël's UFO Religion. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2004. ISBN 9780813534763
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