Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi

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

Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi
Born	June 12, 1943 (1943-06-12) (age 81) Tel Aviv, Israel
Alma mater	Michigan State University
Scientific career
Fields	Psychology, religion, new religious movements, cults
Institutions	University of Haifa

Bibliography

Books

• Psychoanalysis and religion: A bibliography, Norwood Editions, 1978
• Israeli Connection, 1987, 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, Syzygy: Journal of Alternative Religion and Culture, 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
• ——— (2011). "Jewish Religious Life in State of Israel". In Berlin, Adele (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (2nd ed.). Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 385–87. ISBN 978-0-19-975927-9.

See also

• List of cult and new religious movement researchers
• Sociological classifications of religious movements

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