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Cultic Studies Review
          An Internet Journal of Research, News & Opinion                                                        


 

International Cultic Studies Association

Table of Contents

 

 Vol. 4, No. 2, 2005

 

In this issue
 

Articles

News Summaries:

Posted 6/25/05

Posted 9/18/05

Book Reviews

Departments/Archives

 

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Articles
 
Education and Reeducation in Ideological Organizations and Their Implications for Children
Stephen A. Kent, Ph.D.
 
Cult Awareness Groups and NRM Scholars: Toward Depolarization of Key Issues
Michael D. Langone, Ph.D.
 
Methodological Fallacies in Anthony’s Critique of Exit Cost Analysis
Benjamin Zablocki, Ph.D.

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  News
  News Summaries: Posted 6/25/05

 

Alpha Iota Omega/Maranatha

Concerned by Descendant of Maranatha Christian Church

Amadon/Living Love

Parents Say Daughter Lost to Guru

Aum Shinrikyo (Aleph)

Members Complain of Image

Victims Still Await Compensation

Daughters Call for Reevaluation of Guru

Killing as Salvation

Preserving Records of Fight against Aum

Guilty in Training Death

First Execution Go-ahead

Beasts of Satan

30-Year Sentence for Satanist Murders

Bountiful Polygamous Community

Wives Say They Will Protect Their Children

Attorneys General Say They Won’t Prosecute

Branch Davidians

TV Biography of Koresh

Calvary Christian Church

Parents Say Pastor Brainwashed Daughter

Caritas

Brainwashing Suit Settled

Children Of God (Family International)

Says Sex in Group Seemed Normal

Life in Cult

Church Universal and Triumphant

Competing for Succession

Colonia Dignidad (Villa Baviera)

Leader Arrested

Schaefer Indicted in Disappearance

Five Members Indicted

Education

FECRIS Recommended for Consultative Status with Council of Europe

Exorcism

Evangelicals Call for Protection

Faith Healing 

The Role of Faith in Healing

Freeman Group

Creating Group Identity

Former Follower Tells of Being Controlled

Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Allegedly Building Temple for End of the World

Call to Remove FLDS Judge

Jeffs Ruled in Default

Adjusting to Life on the Outside

Polygamous Law Officer May Lose Job

Move to Check FLDS

Texas House Committee Inquiry

Government Policy

Report Calls for Protection and Prevention

Hosanna Church

Blood Rituals Involving Child Molestation

Jeffrey Lundgren

TV Portrait of “Fanaticism”

Jehovah’s Witnesses

Recognition in Germany

Girl Cannot Refuse Transfusions

Juan Pablo Delgado

“He Thinks He’s God”

Kabbalah

Cult-Like

Kingston Clan

Kingston Wife Regains Custody of Children

Lyndon LaRouche

Psychological Insights

Mujahedin Khalq (MEK)

Cult-like Commune of Iranian Exiles in Iraq

Opus Dei

Highly Controlling

Forging Campus Links

 “Balanced Assessment” of Group

Order of Christ/Sophia

Critics Warn of Cultic Possibilities

Order of St. Charbel

Accused of Welfare Fraud

Polygamy

Building Criminal Case

Police Officers Lose Certification

Legislative Study Group

Queen Shamia

“Servant” Rehabilitating

Redeemer Baptist Church

Brainwashing to Change Family Relationships Alleged

Restored Israel of Yahweh

Family Schisms Alleged

Richard Dial/Stockholm Syndrome

Why She Remained with Abductor for 11 Years

Satanism

Warnings of Satanist Crimes

Scientology

“Enlightenment’s Dark Side”

Tom Cruise Offering Scientology Therapy

Claims Unfair Firing

Community Acceptance

Medical Association Supports Dropping Narconon from Schools

Arrested For Selling Books

Award from Gov. Bush

Scientology-Backed Mental Health Bill is Bad

Seishin Chuo Kyokai (Central Church of Holy God)

Abuse Ritualized

Terrorism

Phases of Conditioning

Unification Church

Peace Federation to Sierra Leone

United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors

Final Sentencing

Marcus Wesson

“Cult-Like” Figu

How He Controlled Family

Son Says Father Is Insane

Wife Says She Would Still Die for Him

His Attitudes Glimpsed

Recruiting

Witchcraft

Witchcraft Treatment Alleged


 

 

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  News Summaries: Posted 9/18/05
 

Apostolic Faith Church Body of Jesus Christ of the Newborn Assembly

Critic of Group Murdered

Cult-Like Characteristics Alleged

Appalachian Wilderness Camp

Counselors Fired in Child’s Death

Aum Shinrikyo

Facilities Inspected

Arrested for Sending Followers to Other Companies

Drive to Double Membership

Family Asks Treatment for Asahara

Michael Balfe

“Unspeakable” Abuse

Bountiful/Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS)

Following Leader into Idaho

Call to Expel Group that Banishes Boys and “Traffics” in Girls

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons)

APA Apologizes for “Brainwashing” Characterization

Colonia Dignidad

Leader’s Control Diminished in Absentia

Closed Cult Now Opening Up

Book Details Crimes

Arms Cache Discovered

Education

National Conference on Cults

Gilbert Deya Ministries

“Miracle Baby” Clergyman Released

Dahnhak

Death in Seung Heun Lee’s Yoga-Tai Chi Course

Exorcism

Priest and Nuns Charged with Murderous Ritual

False Memory/Recovered Memory

Mother Finds Alleged False Memory Victim

Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

State Seizes Funds

Buildings Disappear in Wake of Judgment

Senate Rejects Broad Grounds for School Takeover

Dr. Phil Refers Runaways to Cult Counselor 

Added to Hate Group List

Age of Consent Should be Changed

Bountiful Holds Media Day

Individuality Discouraged

AG Says He Can’t Prosecute Polygamy

Convicted Polygamist Resumes Life

Women Taught to Conform to “The Principle”

Effects of Polygamy

Jeffs Charged with Sexual Misconduct

General Assembly and Church of the First Born

Another Faith Healing Death

Religious Beliefs Defense Denied

Grigory Grabovoy

Cult Leader Running for President

Guruism

Possible Harm in Motivational Programs

Hosanna Church

Devil-Worshipping Cult Investigated

Alleged Sexual Abuser Beaten by Inmates

International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Hare Krishna)

Visit to New Vrindaban

Jehovah’s Witnesses

Girl Allowed to Get “Blood Avoidance” Treatment

Argument against Transfusion

Transfusion Order Has “Whiff of Religious Bigotry”

Jesus Christians

Is It a Cult?

Kabbalah Centre

Cult-like Aspects

Kingdom of Jesus Christ The Name above Every Other Name

Suit to Recover “Brainwashed” Teenager

Kingston Clan/The Order/Latter Day Church of Christ

Daughter Wants to Return

Daughter Fears Return to Mother

Jonestown/People’s Temple

New Play Written on Tragedy

Living Love Fellowship (LLF)/Amadon

Girl Removed from Guru

Mother Says Her Daughter “Indoctrinated”

Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)

How Abductees Were Conditioned to Become Killers

Charles Manson/Manson Family

Atkins again Refused Parole

Move

Pressing for Release of Convicted Members

The Nashville Church/International Churches of Christ

Cult-like Tactics Alleged

Native American Church

Sues Over Peyote Seizure

Néo-Phare

Guru Sentenced to Three Years for Manipulating Troubled People

New Gnostic Church

Controlling Leader Investigated for Sex Abuse

Oom Yung Do

Martial Arts Schools Called Cult-like

Order of St. Charbel/Little Pebble

Leader Guilty of Sexual Abuse

Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO)

Suit Over “Pedophile Cult” Allegation

Panawave/Chino Shohokai

Leader Wins Defamation Decision

Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (PBMA)

Tunnel Allegedly Prepared for End of World

Rejected by Court

Saviour Sect

Islamic Militant Cult

Scientology

Cruise’s Promotion of Scientology Overshadows Film

Scientology Supported Mental Services Bill Diluted

Narconon Buys Hospital

End of Surveillance

Cruise Leads Film Execs on Tour

Narconon in State Prison

Head of Youth Organization Addresses Rotary

Anti-Psychiatry Campaign in Germany

Schools Superintendent Asks Scientologists for Help

Cruise’s Girlfriend Being “Indoctrinated”

Cruise May Be Courting Beckham

Distorting Buddhist History

Social Therapy

Social Therapy Leader Heading Influential Political Party

Alleged Marketing via “Sopranos”

Ssali Kilimba Mwaka - “Prophet”

Fear of Mass Deaths in Uganda

Symbionese Liberation Army/Patty Hearst

TV Documentary

Twelve Tribes

Concerned Over Group’s Proposed Coffee House

Assault on Member Stimulates Local Support

Northeast Kingdom Community Church (Island Pond) Remembers Raid

Unification Church

U. of Bridgeport Reaccredited

United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors

Members Refuse to Recognize Court’s Authority

Demolition of Settlement Begins

Marcus Wesson

Manipulation and Control of Family

Prosecution Says He Brainwashed His Children in “Family Cult”

Daughter Minimizes His Involvement in Murders

Guilty of Murdering His Family

Witchcraft/Exorcism

Suspected Child Abuse

Witch’s Ritual Draws Teenagers’ Blood

Word of Faith Fellowship (WOFF)

Children Allowed to Return to Church Couple

World Wide Association of Specialty Schools

Schools for Troubled Youths Target of Legislation

 

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Book Reviews
 
Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology
Reviewed by Arthur A. Dole, Ph.D.
   
Servant of the Lotus Feet: A Hare Krishna Odyssey
Nori Muster
   
Going Deeper: How to Make Sense of Your Life When Your Life Makes No Sense
Frank MacHovec, Ph.

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