Cults, Conversion, Science, and Harm

Michael D. Langone, Ph.D.

Lying in Court and Religion: An Analysis of the Theocratic Warfare Doctrine of the Jehovah's Witnesses

Jerry Bergman, Ph.D.

The Spread of Ásatrú in Vinland

Detective Thomas Coghlan, M.A.

Teenage Spirituality and the Internet

Alison Lutz & Rev. Dean Borgman

The Death of a Leader: Homicide as a Means of Group Disengagement

Janet Haines, Ph.D.; Christopher L. Williams, Ph.D.; Ian Sale, FRANZCP; Jodi Glading, B.S., John Davidson, Ph.D.

Column: Getting Help

Livia Bardin, M.S.W.

Added 08/01/02

News Twelve Tribes: "Twelve Tribes Says It Won’t Recruit in Florida" - posted: 08/01/02
News Unification Church: "Brazilian Authorities Raid Moon-linked Offices" - posted: 08/01/02
News Unification Church: "Moon-Married Priest is Father" - posted: 08/01/02
Ơ Government: "Scientology, Unification Church" - posted: 08/01/02
∆‡ Attleboro: "Attleboro/The Body: Sect Leader Sentenced to Life in Death of His son" - posted: 08/01/02
∆‡ Attleboro: Judge Attleboro: Returns Attleboro Sect Couple to Jail - posted: 08/01/02
∆‡ Aum: "A History of Aum" - posted: 08/01/02
∆‡ Aum: "Guru Asahara’s Trial" - posted: 08/01/02
∆‡ Aum: "Leader Asahara Says He Was 'Misunderstood'" - posted: 08/01/02
∆‡ Church Universal & Triumphant: "CUT Buys Church Building" - posted: 08/01/02
∆‡ Falun Gong: "China Strongly Rejects U.S. Report on Religion" - posted: 08/01/02
∆‡ Falun Gong: "Followers Detained, Sent to Reëducation for TV Network Hacking" - posted: 08/01/02
∆‡ Scientology: "Dianetics at Boston Marathon" - posted: 08/01/02
∆‡ Scientology: "Financier Slatkin Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charge, Cites Scientology Involvement" - posted: 08/01/02
∆‡ Scientology: "Head Acquitted in Spain" - posted: 08/01/02
∆‡ Scientology: "Late Comedian Lampooned Her Scientology Experience" - posted: 08/01/02
∆‡ Scientology: "Management Training Firms Based on Scientology Principles" - posted: 08/01/02
∆‡ Scientology: "Paris Branch Convicted of Sending Unwanted Literature to Ex-Members" - posted: 08/01/02
∆‡ Scientology: "Scientologists 'Invade' Hospital After Terrorist Attack in Israel" - posted: 08/01/02
∆‡ Scientology: "Scientology Conflict with Critical Website Raises Freedom Issues " - posted: 08/01/02
∆‡ Scientology: "Scientology Fined in France, but Acquitted on Fraud Charges" - posted: 08/01/02
∆‡ Scientology: "Scientology Foe Minton Ends His Opposition, Testifies on Scientology’s Behalf" - posted: 08/01/02
∆‡ Scientology: "Scientology Followers Released from Egyptian Jail " - posted: 08/01/02
∆‡ Scientology: "Settles Suit by Ex-Member Wollersheim with $8.6 Million Check" - posted: 08/01/02
∆‡ Unification Church: "Rev. Moon Officiates at Marriage of 144,000" - posted: 08/01/02

News Tvind (Humana): "Reclusive Humana Founder Arrested" - posted: 08/25/02
∆‡ Branch Davidians: "Davidians Appeal Dismissal of Suit vs. Government" - posted: 08/25/02
∆‡ Eastern Lightning: "Cult Frees China Gospel Fellowship Leaders" - posted: 08/25/02
∆‡ House of Prayer: "Defendants Waive Right to Counsel and Refuse Prosecution Dead" - posted: 08/25/02
∆‡ Kaeda Juku School Japan: "Cult Leaders Get seven Years in Failed Faith Healing" - posted: 08/25/02
∆‡ Manson: "Manson to Serve More Time" - posted: 08/25/02
∆‡ Mennonite Church of God: "Ban Lifted on 'Spanking' Trial Details" - posted: 08/25/02
∆‡ Movement for The Restoration of The Ten Commandments of God: "Uganda Rights Commission Judges Kanungu Massacre" - posted: 08/25/02
∆‡ Nuwaubians: "Leader Sued for Alleged Child Abuse" - posted: 11/20/02
∆‡ Nuwaubians: "Nuwaubian Leader Held on Child Sexual Abuse Charges" - posted: 08/25/02
∆‡ Palo Mayombe: "Probation in Grave Robbing for Ritual" - posted 08/25/02
∆‡ Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association: "Cult Decline Predicted after Leader’s Arrest" - posted: 8/25/02
∆‡ Space Alien: "Reputed Space Alien Cult Leader Claims Insanity" - posted: 08/25/02
∆‡ Taliban: "Was Lindh 'Brainwashed' by The Taliban?" - posted: 08/25/02
∆‡ Tent of the Living God: "Sect Denies It Plans Forced Circumcision" - posted: 08/25/02
∆‡ White Supremacist: "Hate groups Targeting Utah Teens for Recruitment" - posted: 08/25/02

Ơ Exorcism: "Death Sentence in Japan Exorcism Deaths" - posted: 08/25/02
Ơ Government: "French Cult Commissioner Honored by Rights Group" - posted: 08/25/02
Ơ Government: "Slovakia Looks into Unification Church and Scientology" - posted: 08/25/02
Ơ Polygamy: "Conviction of Polygamist for Having Sex with Underage Wife Upheld" - posted: 08/25/02
Ơ Terrorism: "Natanyahu on Causes of Terrorism" - posted: 08/25/02

Les Sectes (Sects)

Anne Fournier and Michel Monroy. Toulouse, France: Editions Milan, 1996.

Le Dico des sectes (The Dictionary of the Sects)

Edited by Annick Drogou. Toulouse, France: Editions Milan, 1998.

Killer Cults: Murderous Messiahs and Their Fanatical Followers

Brian Lane. (1996). London, England: Headline, 1996, 310 pages. U.S. source:  North Pomfret, Vermont: Trafalgar Square.

Misunderstanding Cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field

Edited by Benjamin Zablocki and Thomas Robbins. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001,

From Dean’s List to Dumpsters: Why I Left Harvard to Join a Cult

Jim Guerra. Pittsburgh, PA: Dorrance Publishing Company, 2000,

Varieties of Anomalous Experiences: Examining Scientific Evidence

Edited by Etzel Cardena, Steven Jay Lynn, and Stanley Krippner. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 2000.

The Rise and Fall of Synanon: A California Utopia

Rod Janzen.  Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press, 2001.