She performed a longitudinal study on the ''
Barker has rejected the term and the notion of ' Brainwashing ' as overly simplistic.
Rick Ross and other Anti-cult / Counter-cult activists have labelled Barker a " Cult Apologist ". Anton Hein said that she is not critical enough about cults. On the other hand, the Australian psychologist Len Oakes and the British psychiatry professor Anthony Storr who have written rather critically about cults, Guru s, or new religious movements and their leaders have praised her work.
- James A. Beckford and James T. Richardson, eds., ''Challenging Religion: Essays in Honour of Eileen Barker'' (London: Routledge, 2003).
- Barker, Eileen ''The Making of a Moonie: Choice or Brainwashing?'', Blackwell Publishers, November 1984, ISBN 0631132465
- Barker, Eileen ''New Religious Movements: A Practical Introduction'' (Paperback) Bernan Press (October, 1990) ISBN 0113409273
- Barker, Eileen "The Scientific Study of Religion? You Must Be Joking!" ''Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion'', 34 (1995), pp. 287-310.
- Barker, Eileen "New Religious Movements in Britain," in ''New Religious Movements in Europe'', Helle Meldgaard and Johannes Aagaard, eds., (Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 1997), pp. 99-123.
- Barker, Eileen, "New Religions and New Religiosity," in ''New Religions and New Religiosity'', Eileen Barker and Margit Warburg, eds., (Aarhus:Aarhus University Press, 1998), pp. 10-27.
- Barker, Eileen ''Standing at the Cross-Roads: Politics of Marginality in "Subversive Organizations"'' article in ''The Politics of Religious Apostasy: The Role of Apostates in the Transformation of Religious Movements'' edited by David G. Bromley Westport, CT, Praeger Publishers, (1998). ISBN 0-275-95508-7
- Barker, Eileen. ''New Religions'', Haft Asman (Seven Heavens), A Journal for the Center for Religious Studies, Vol. 4, no. 19, translated into Persian by Baqer Talebi Darabi, Autumn 2002.
- Barker, Eileen "Watching for Violence: A Comparative Analysis of the Roles of Five Types of Cult-atching Groups," in ''Cults, Religion and Violence'', David G. Bromley and J. Gordon Melton, eds. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003), pp. 123-148.
- Barker, Eileen. (Editor) ''Freedom and Religion in Eastern Europe.'' Special Edition of The Sociology of Religion 64 no. 3 2003.
- Barker, Eileen. ''And the Wisdom to Know the Difference? Freedom, Control and the Sociology of Religion'' (Association for the Sociology of Religion 2002 Presidential Address). Sociology of Religion 64, no. 3, 2003, pp. 285-307. http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0SOR/3_64/109568880/p1/article.jhtml
- Barker, Eileen. (Slovak language) ''Zákonné opatrenie nových náboženských knutí Vel'kej Británii'', in ''Erópa a nové náboženskýhnutia'', Zostavil Miroslv Lojda (ed.), Bratislava: Ministerstva kultúry Slovenskej republiky, translated into Slovakian by M. Lodja. 2003, pp. 87-92.
- Barker, Eileen. ''Democracy and Religious Pluralism in Post-Soviet Society.'' In ''The Rebirth of Religion and the Birth of Democracy in Russia''. Edited by Hoekema, D.; Bodrov, A. Calvin College, 2003.
- Barker, Eileen (German language) ''"Vereinigungskirche"'' in ''Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart: vierte Auflage'', edited by Hans Dieter Betz, Don S. Browning, Bernd Janowski, Eberhard Jüngel. Tübingen: RGG, 2004: 21068.
- Barker, Eileen. ''Why the Cults? New Religions and Freedom of Religion and Beliefs.'' In ''Facilitating Freedom of Religion or Belief: A Deskbook''. Edited by Lindholm, T.; Durham, W.C.; Tahzib-Lie, B. Koninklijke Brill, 2004, pp. 571-593.
- Barker, Eileen. ''General Overview of the 'Cult Scene' in Great Britain.'' In ''New Religious Movements in the 21st Century: Legal, Political, and Social Challenges in Global Perspective''. edited by Lucas, C.P.; Robbins, T. Routledge, 2004, pp. 27-34.
- Barker, Eileen. (German language) ''Neue Religiöse Bewegungen: Religiöser Pluralismus in der westlichen Welt.'' In ''Religion und Gessellschaft''. Edited by Reuter, K. G. H.-R.. Ferdinand Schöningh, 2004, pp. 333-352.
- Barker, Eileen. ''The Church Without and the God Within: Religiosity and/or Spirituality?'' In ''Religion and Patterns of Social Transformation''. Edited by Borowik, I.; Jerolimov, D.; Zrinšcak, D. IDIZ (Institute for Social Research in Zagreb), 2004, pp. 23-47.
- Barker, Eileen. ''What Are We Studying? A Sociological Case for Keeping the 'Nova' '', Nova Religio 8 no. 3 (2004) pp. 88-102.
- Barker, Eileen ''"Crossing the Boundary: New Challenges to Authority and Control as a Consequence of Access to the Internet."'' in Religion and Cyberspace, edited by M. T. Højsgaard and M. Warburg, London: Routledge, 2005.
- Barker, Eileen ''"Yet More Varieties of Religious Experiences: Diversity and Pluralism in Contemporary Europe"'' in Hartmut Lehman (ed.) ''Religiöser Pluralismus im vereinten Europa: Freikirchen und Sekten'', Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2005: 156-172
- Barker, Eileen (with Bryan R. Wilson ) ''What are the New Religions Doing in a Secular Society?'' in Anthony F. Heath, John Ermisch & Duncan Gallie (eds) ''Understanding Social Change''. British Academy Centenary Monograph, Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2005: 291-317.
- Barker, Eileen ''"New Religious Movements" Religions and Beliefs in Britain'' (GCSE/A'level resource book), Craig Donnellan (ed.), Cambridge: Independence, 2005: 19-22.
- Barker, Eileen ''"Unification Church"'' in ''The Encyclopedia of New York State'' Peter Eisenstadt, Editor in Chief, Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2005.
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