Includes bibliographical references (pages 90-97) and index
Contents:
Cults are prone to crime and violence / Robert L. Snow Cults are no more violent than other religious groups / David G. Bromley and J. Gordon Melton Cults brainwash their members / Margaret Thaler Singer Mass suicide can be the logical outcome of a cults religious belief / Dereck Daschke and W. Michael Ashcraft Authorities provoke some cult mass deaths / William Norman Grigg Cults are corruptions of legitimate religions / Ron Rhodes Anti-cult laws are a threat to religious freedom / Moira Shaw Anti-cult prejudice denies minority religions a fair hearing / James R. Lewis Cults foster us-versus-them attitudes / Arthur J. Deikman The threat of a cult depends on the observer's worldview / Eugene V. Gallagher
