Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi

Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, Ph.D.
Born	June 12, 1943 (1943-06-12) (age 78) Tel Aviv, Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Alma mater	Michigan State University
Scientific career
Fields	psychology, religion, new religious movements, cults
Institutions	University of Haifa

Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi (Hebrew: בנימין בית-הלחמי‎) (born June 12, 1943) is an Israeli professor of psychology at the University of Haifa, Israel. In 1970 Beit-Hallahmi received a PhD in clinical psychology from Michigan State University.

Bibliography[]

Books[]

• Psychoanalysis and religion: A bibliography, Norwood Editions, 1978
• Israeli Connection, 1982, ISBN 0-394-55922-3
• Prolegomena to the Psychological Study of Religion, 1989, ISBN 0-8387-5159-8
• Despair and Deliverance: Private Salvation in Contemporary Israel, 1992, ISBN 0-394-55922-3
• The Annotated Dictionary of Modern Religious Movements, 1994, ISBN 0-7172-7273-7
• Religion, Psychopathology And Coping.(International Series in the Psychology of Religion 4), 1996, Rodopi Bv Editions, ISBN 90-420-0101-1
• Psychoanalytic Studies of Religion : A Critical Assessment and Annotated Bibliography, 1996, ISBN 0-313-27362-6
• The Psychology of Religious Behaviour, Belief and Experience, 1997, w/ Michael Argyle, Routledge, ISBN 0-415-12331-3
• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Active New Religions, Sects, and Cults, 1997, ISBN 0-8239-1505-0
• Original Sins: Reflections on the History of Zionism and Israel, 1998, ISBN 1-56656-130-2
• Misunderstanding cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field, Contributor

Papers[]

• "Dangers of the vagina". British Journal of Medical Psychology, volume 58, 351-356.
• Old Identities and New Religions in Israel, , Volume 1: Issue 2-3,
• Scientology: Religion or racket?, 2003, Marburg Journal of Religion, Volume 8, No. 1
• Dear Colleagues: Integrity and Suspicion in NRM Research, presented at the 1997 annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

See also[]

• List of cult and new religious movement researchers

References[]

External links[]

• Beit-Hallahmi, B.Scientology: Religion or racket?, Marburg Journal of Religion, 8, September 2003.
• Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi,Michael Argyle, The psychology of religious behaviour, belief and experience, Google Books
• Michael Argyle,Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, The social psychology of religion, Google Books
• Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, Psychoanalytic studies of religion: a critical assessment and annotated Bibliography, Google Books
• Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, Despair and deliverance: private salvation in contemporary Israel, Google Books
• Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, The Israeli connection: whom Israel arms and why, Google Books
• (Editors) Zvi Sobel, Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, Tradition, innovation, conflict: Jewishness and Judaism in contemporary Israel, Google Books
• John Bunzl,Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi (Editors), Psychoanalysis, identity, and ideology: critical essays on the Israel, Google Books