Cults & Society
 About Cults and Society

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2001

Dear Readers,

Welcome.   

This is the first issue of Cults & Society: An Internet Journal.  

Cults & Society, which we intend to publish three times a year, has two objectives:

1. To contribute to a deeper understanding of the social, psychological, medical, and spiritual implications of new groups and movements, particularly those in which  psychological and spiritual manipulation and abuse may occur.  Such groups are sometimes called new religious movements (NRMs), cults, or sects.
2. To facilitate international dialogue concerning the controversies elicited by some new groups or group practices and the remedial responses that have been initiated or proposed around the world.

Cults & Society supplements AFF's major print periodicals, The Cult Observer and Cultic Studies Journal. The electronic format of Cults & Society, however, enables it to include much more information than print journals (i.e., no printing or postage costs), reach a much wider international audience (i.e., no extra postage charges for international subscribers), and achieve a permanent and dynamic availability (i.e., no running out of back issues; comments and letters can be placed in the most recent issue as well as the issue to which the comment/letter refers).

In order to achieve its objectives, Cults & Society will include the following:

The views expressed in Cults and Society are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the journal's or AFF's staff, advisors, or directors.  Groups analyzed or mentioned in Cults & Society are not necessarily cults, nor are they necessarily harmful. 

I trust that you will find Cults and Society to be interesting, useful, and thought-provoking.

Michael D. Langone, Ph.D.
Editor

Cults & Society
 About Cults and Society

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2001

Dear Readers,

Welcome.   

This is the first issue of Cults & Society: An Internet Journal.  

Cults & Society, which we intend to publish three times a year, has two objectives:

1. To contribute to a deeper understanding of the social, psychological, medical, and spiritual implications of new groups and movements, particularly those in which  psychological and spiritual manipulation and abuse may occur.  Such groups are sometimes called new religious movements (NRMs), cults, or sects.
2. To facilitate international dialogue concerning the controversies elicited by some new groups or group practices and the remedial responses that have been initiated or proposed around the world.

Cults & Society supplements AFF's major print periodicals, The Cult Observer and Cultic Studies Journal. The electronic format of Cults & Society, however, enables it to include much more information than print journals (i.e., no printing or postage costs), reach a much wider international audience (i.e., no extra postage charges for international subscribers), and achieve a permanent and dynamic availability (i.e., no running out of back issues; comments and letters can be placed in the most recent issue as well as the issue to which the comment/letter refers).

In order to achieve its objectives, Cults & Society will include the following:

The views expressed in Cults and Society are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the journal's or AFF's staff, advisors, or directors.  Groups analyzed or mentioned in Cults & Society are not necessarily cults, nor are they necessarily harmful. 

I trust that you will find Cults and Society to be interesting, useful, and thought-provoking.

Michael D. Langone, Ph.D.
Editor

Cults & Society
 About Cults and Society

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2001

Dear Readers,

Welcome.   

This is the first issue of Cults & Society: An Internet Journal.  

Cults & Society, which we intend to publish three times a year, has two objectives:

1. To contribute to a deeper understanding of the social, psychological, medical, and spiritual implications of new groups and movements, particularly those in which  psychological and spiritual manipulation and abuse may occur.  Such groups are sometimes called new religious movements (NRMs), cults, or sects.
2. To facilitate international dialogue concerning the controversies elicited by some new groups or group practices and the remedial responses that have been initiated or proposed around the world.

Cults & Society supplements AFF's major print periodicals, The Cult Observer and Cultic Studies Journal. The electronic format of Cults & Society, however, enables it to include much more information than print journals (i.e., no printing or postage costs), reach a much wider international audience (i.e., no extra postage charges for international subscribers), and achieve a permanent and dynamic availability (i.e., no running out of back issues; comments and letters can be placed in the most recent issue as well as the issue to which the comment/letter refers).

In order to achieve its objectives, Cults & Society will include the following:

The views expressed in Cults and Society are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the journal's or AFF's staff, advisors, or directors.  Groups analyzed or mentioned in Cults & Society are not necessarily cults, nor are they necessarily harmful. 

I trust that you will find Cults and Society to be interesting, useful, and thought-provoking.

Michael D. Langone, Ph.D.
Editor