| Description |
1 online resource (124 pages). |
| Series |
Issues that concern you |
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Gale virtual reference library
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Issues that concern you.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. There are differences between new religions and cults -- 2. The difference between established religion and cult can be hard to distinguish -- 3. Cults target college students -- 4. Cult recruitment is not always obvious -- 5. Law enforcement sometimes overreacts to religious sects -- 6. Respected organizations can deteriorate into cults -- 7. Even ordinary activities may possess cultlike qualities -- 8. Powerful sports programs may appear cultlike to those on the outside -- 9. Confrontations between cults and the government can turn deadly -- 10. Scientology is a cult -- 11. The case of Scientology demonstrates the complexity of new religious movements -- 12. Gang-like cults are a serious problem in Nigeria -- 13. Falun Gong might be a religious movement, a political uprising, or a cult. |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Summary |
Explores the issues surrounding cults. Presents diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Cults.
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| Added Author |
Piehl, Norah, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cults. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2012 9780737762860 (DLC) 2012026608 |
| ISBN |
9780737767773 (electronic book) |
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9780737762860 (hardcover) |
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0737762861 (hardcover) |
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