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Cults & New Religious Movements: Are Cults Dangerous? What Are Cults?
Cults - basic information from supportive and critical positions.
NPR on Religious Cults
The religion reporting for NPR has been developing a reputation for favoring conservative and evangelical Christian perspectives - but they also, sometimes, do "puff" pieces on religion where they fail to ask critical and pointed questions.
The Internet and Cults
May 1997 report on how cult recruiters make use of the internet to reach new and unsuspecting people.
The Anti-Cult Movement
What is this odd, sometimes dangerous, and even obsessive movement to remove individuals from the "clutches" of cults?
Destructive Cults
Essays on the "doomsday" cults, what they want, and what they expect will happen.
Rethinking Jonestown
A new academic movement argues that cults fulfill needs not met by our soulless consumer society.
NRM on UFO Cults
Sociological examination of UFO cults - generally non-biased and academic.
Combatting Cult Mind Control
Info on cults from a former cult member - but from an strong anti-cult position.
What is a Cult?
Characteristics of cults and how to recover from them when you leave.