Historically, cult refers to a system of worship and more specifically to an innovative religious system, as opposed to a sect, which is a breakaway group from an established religion. During the past 30 years, however, cult has taken on a pejorative connotation arising from disasters such as Jonestown and Waco, and hundreds of media reports of individuals and families devastated by involvement in cults. Historically, cult refers to a system of worship and more specifically to an innovative religious system, as opposed to a sect, which is a breakaway group from an established religion. During the past 30 years, however, cult has taken on a pejorative connotation arising from disasters such as Jonestown and Waco, and hundreds of media report...
Continuing debates center on the causes of cult conversion and the men tal and emotional effects of ...
This research investigates the hypothesis that perceptions of cult indoctrination techniques are bas...
Theprincipal evidence for the cult stereotype has been derived from the testi-mony of deprogrammed f...
Generally, the doctrines of Cult are very bizzare and difficult to be accepted by ordinary people wi...
Introduction Although much has been written about cults in recent years, many questions remain. Do c...
In DSM-5, the sector of ‘Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention’, has discussed ...
Definitions for cultic and high demand groups are explicated, and characteristics are delineated, i...
(Excerpt) This timely collection of essays provides an overview of current approaches to understandi...
In recent years an increasing number of therapists have come into contact with ex-cult members. Cons...
Cults are communities that are seen as odd or strange. Lack of research done on cults makes it a phe...
This Independent Study is a critique o f the criteria used to define a religion and o f cults. The o...
Over the past few decades, scholars have discarded the term of ‘cult’ when labeling alternative and ...
The category, "Religious or Spiritual Problem" can be found in the DSM-IV: V62.89 (Z71.8) under "Add...
The purpose of the study was to describe the lived experience of spiritual abuse among cult ex-membe...
Although much has been written about cults in recent yea rs, man y questions remain. Do cults recrui...
Continuing debates center on the causes of cult conversion and the men tal and emotional effects of ...
This research investigates the hypothesis that perceptions of cult indoctrination techniques are bas...
Theprincipal evidence for the cult stereotype has been derived from the testi-mony of deprogrammed f...
Generally, the doctrines of Cult are very bizzare and difficult to be accepted by ordinary people wi...
Introduction Although much has been written about cults in recent years, many questions remain. Do c...
In DSM-5, the sector of ‘Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention’, has discussed ...
Definitions for cultic and high demand groups are explicated, and characteristics are delineated, i...
(Excerpt) This timely collection of essays provides an overview of current approaches to understandi...
In recent years an increasing number of therapists have come into contact with ex-cult members. Cons...
Cults are communities that are seen as odd or strange. Lack of research done on cults makes it a phe...
This Independent Study is a critique o f the criteria used to define a religion and o f cults. The o...
Over the past few decades, scholars have discarded the term of ‘cult’ when labeling alternative and ...
The category, "Religious or Spiritual Problem" can be found in the DSM-IV: V62.89 (Z71.8) under "Add...
The purpose of the study was to describe the lived experience of spiritual abuse among cult ex-membe...
Although much has been written about cults in recent yea rs, man y questions remain. Do cults recrui...
Continuing debates center on the causes of cult conversion and the men tal and emotional effects of ...
This research investigates the hypothesis that perceptions of cult indoctrination techniques are bas...
Theprincipal evidence for the cult stereotype has been derived from the testi-mony of deprogrammed f...