Cult

:This article does not discuss "cult" in its original sense of "religious practice"; for that usage see Cult (religion). See Cult (disambiguation) for more meanings of the term "cult".

References

• {{fnb|1}} William Chambers, Michael Langone, Arthur Dole & James Grice, The Group Psychological Abuse Scale: A Measure of the Varieties of Cultic Abuse, Cultic Studies Journal, 11(1), 1994. The definition of a cult given above is based on a study of 308 former members of 101 groups.
• {{fnb|2}} Barker, E. The Ones Who Got Away: People Who Attend Unification Church Workshops and Do Not Become Moonies. In: Barker E, ed. Of Gods and Men: New Religious Movements in the West. Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press; 1983. ISBN 0865540950
• {{fnb|4}} Galanter M. Unification Church ('Moonie') dropouts: psychological readjustment after leaving a charismatic religious group, American Journal of Psychiatry. 1983;140(8):984-989.
• {{fnb|6}} Singer, M with Lalich, J (1995). Cults in Our Midst, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. ISBN 0787900516
• {{fnb|8}} West, L. J., & Langone, M. D. (1985). Cultism: A conference for scholars and policy makers. Summary of proceedings of the Wingspread conference on cultism, September 9–11. Weston, MA: American Family Foundation.
• {{fnb|9}} Barrett, D. V. The New Believers - A survey of sects, cults and alternative religions 2001 UK, Cassell & Co. ISBN 0304355925
• {{fnb|10}} Barker, E. (1984), The Making of a Moonie, p.147, Oxford: Basil Blackwell. ISBN 0631132465
• {{fnb|11}} Galanter, Marc M.D.(Editor), (1989), Cults and new religious movements: a report of the committee on psychiatry and religion of the American Psychiatric Association, ISBN 0-89042-212-5
• {{fnb|12}} Hadden, Jeffrey K. SOC 257: New Religious Movements Lectures, University of Virginia, Department of Sociology.
• {{fnb|13}} Bader, Chris & A. Demaris, A test of the Stark-Bainbridge theory of affiliation with religious cults and sects. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 35, 285-303. (1996)
• {{fnb|14}} Hadden, J and Bromley, D eds. (1993), The Handbook of Cults and Sects in America. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, Inc., pp. 75-97.
• {{fnb|15}} Kranenborg, Reender Dr. (Dutch language) Sekten ... gevaarlijk of niet?/Cults... dangerous or not? published in the magazine Religieuze bewegingen in Nederland/Religious movements in the Netherlands nr. 31 Sekten II by the Free university Amsterdam (1996) ISSN 0169-7374 ISBN 90-5383-426
• {{fnb|16}} F. Derks and professor Jan van der Lans (Dutch language) Post-cult-syndroom; feit of fictie?/Post-cult syndrome: fact or fiction?. published in the magazine Religieuze bewegingen in Nederland/Religious movemements in the Netherlands nr. 6 pages 58-75 published by the Free university Amsterdam (1983)
• {{fnb|17}} Dr. Zablocki, Benjamin http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~zablocki/ Paper presented to a conference, Cults: Theory and Treatment Issues, May 31, 1997 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• {{fnb|18}} Duhaime, Jean (Université de Montréal), Les Témoigagnes de Convertis et d'ex-Adeptes (English: The testimonies of converts and former followers, an article which appeared in the book New Religions in a Postmodern World edited by Mikael Rothstein and Reender Kranenborg, RENNER Studies in New religions, Aarhus University press, 2003, ISBN 8772887486
• {{fnb|20}} Amy Ryan: New Religions and the Anti-Cult Movement: Online Resource Guide in Social Sciences (2000) http://rand.pratt.edu/~giannini/newreligions.html#Definitions
• {{fnb|21}} Carter, Lewis, F. Lewis, Carriers of Tales: On Assessing Credibility of Apostate and Other Outsider Accounts of Religious Practices published in the book 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
• {{fnb|22}} Johnson, Daniel Carson (1998) Apostates Who Never were: the Social Construction of Absque Facto Apostate Narratives, published in the book 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
• {{fnb|23}} Barker, E. (2001), Watching for Violence: A Comparative Analysis of the Roles of Five Types of Cult-Watching Groups, availible online
• {{fnb|24}} Richardson, James T. (1989) The Psychology of Induction: A Review and Interpretation, article that appeared in the book edited by Marc Galanter M.D. (1989) Cults and new religious movements: a report of the committee on psychiatry and religion of the American Psychiatric Association ISBN 0-89042-212-5
• {{fnb|25}} Hall, John R. and Philip Schuyler (1998), Apostasy, Apocalypse, and religious violence: An Exploratory comparison of Peoples Temple, the Branch Davidians, and the Solar Temple, in the book 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, page 145 "The tendency to treat Peoples Temple as the cultus classicus headed by Jim Jones, psychotic megaliomanic par excellence is still with us, like most myths, because it has a grain of truth to it. "
• {{fnb|26}} McLemee, Scott Rethinking Jonestown on the salon.com website "If Jones' People's Temple wasn't a cult, then the term has no meaning." http://archive.salon.com/books/feature/1998/06/cov_17feature.html
• {{fnb|27}} Barker, E., Standing at the Cross-Roads: Politics of Marginality in "Subversive Organizations" article in the book 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
• {{fnb|28}} Edby, Lloyd (1999), Testimony presented to the Task Force to Investigate Cult Activity on the Campuses of Maryland Public Higher-Education Institutions http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/cultsect/mdtaskforce/eby_testimony.htm
• {{fnb|29}} Lane, David C., The Guru Has No Turban: Part 2 http://members.tripod.com/~dlane5/thakar.html
• {{fnb|30}} Langone, Michael, "Clinical Update on Cults", Psychiatric Times July 1996 Vol. XIII Issue 7 http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/p960714.html
• {{fnb|31}} Miller, Timothy, Religious Movements in the United States: An Informal Introduction (2003) http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/essays/miller2003.htm
• {{fnb|32}} Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary entry for cult http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=cult&
• {{fnb|33}} Bowman, Robert M., A Biblical Guide To Orthodoxy And Heresy, 1994, http://apologeticsindex.org/d01.html
• {{fnb|34}} Casino. Bruce J., Defining Religion in American Law, 1999, http://www.religiousfreedom.com/articles/casino.htm
• {{fnb|35}} Langone, Michael, On Using the Term "Cult", http://www.csj.org/infoserv_articles/langone_michael_term_cult.htm
• {{fnb|36}} BBC News 20 May, 2000: Sect leavers have mental problems http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/755588.stm
• {{fnb|37}} Giambalvo, Carol, Post-cult problems http://www.csj.org/infoserv_articles/giambalvo_carol_postcult_problems.htm
• {{fnb|38}} Ross, Rick, Ethical standards http://www.rickross.com/ethics.html
• {{fnb|39}} Burks, Ronald, Cognitive Impairment in Thought Reform Environments http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~rb267689/#_Toc2952976
• {{fnb|40}} Kent, Stephen A. Brainwashing in Scientology's Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF), 1997 http://www.lermanet2.com/scientology/gulags/BrainwashinginScientology'sRehabilitationProjectForce.htm