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Cultic Studies Review
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Information on cults, psychological manipulation, psychological abuse, spiritual abuse, brainwashing, mind control, thought reform, abusive churches, extremism, totalistic groups, authoritarian groups, new religious movements, exit counseling, recovery, and practical suggestions.
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We nonjudgmentally list groups on which
we have information.
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Benjamin D. Zablocki,
Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University has
been studying cults, communes, and charisma for
36 years. He is the author of The Joyful
Community (1971) and Alienation and
Charisma (1980) as well as numerous articles
on these topics. He is co-editor (with Thomas
Robbins) of a book, Misunderstanding Cults:
Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial
Field, published in 2001 by University of
Toronto Press. This book attempts to find a
middle ground between the theories of the “cult
apologists” and the theories of the
“anti-cultists.” ([email protected].)
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