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Title Cults & consequences : the definitive handbook / edited by Rachel Andres and James R. Lane.

Imprint Los Angeles, CA (6505 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90048) : Commission on Cults & Missionaries, Community Relations Committee, Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, ©1988.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  291 C968C    Check Shelf
Description 1 volume (various pagings) ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Part 1: Cults and society -- What is a cult? -- Are cults constitutionally protected? -- Is a Jewish countercult response consistent with the First Amendment? -- Part 2: Entry -- How could I, or someone in my family, join a cult? -- Why do cults attract? -- Who is approached by cults? -- Where are the most common places to be approached by cults? -- The most common approach techniques: do they work on everyone? -- What personality type makes a good recruiter? -- What if you are approached by a recruiter? -- Are there means to stop recruitment in public places? -- How effective is recruitment? -- Part 3: Staying put -- What is cult indoctrination? -- How do cults differ in indoctrination techniques? -- What is mind control? What is brainwashing? -- Cult leaders: why do they do it? -- How do some long term members simply walk away? -- Part 4: On the outside ... looking in -- How does it feel? -- How can you be sure an organization is truly a destructive cult? -- What can parents do when their child becomes involved in a cult? -- Are destructive cults physically dangerous? -- Part 5: Getting out -- Deprogramming: how does it apply to cults? -- Exit counseling: does it differ from deprogramming? -- Why would deprogramming or exit counseling fail? -- The legal aspects of deprogramming -- What factors influence voluntary departure from a cult? -- Part 6: Staying out -- What is rehabilitation? -- Is there a need for rehabilitation? -- What happens during rehabilitation? -- Part 7: Looking back -- Former cult members speak out -- Part 8: Legal issues -- A report of the National Legal Seminar II -- A report of the National Legal Seminar III -- Litigating the cult related child custody case -- The legal ramifications of deprogramming or exit counseling -- Part 9: Closing comments.
Subject Cults.
United States -- Religion.
Cults. (OCoLC)fst00884980
Religion. (OCoLC)fst01093763
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author Andres, Rachel.
Lane, James R.
Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles. Commission on Cults & Missionaries.
Added Title Cults and consequences
Other Form: Online version: Cults & consequences. Los Angeles, CA (6505 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90048) : Commission on Cults & Missionaries, Community Relations Committee, Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, ©1988 (OCoLC)777950432
ISBN 0962147877 (pbk.)
9780962147876 (pbk.)
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