Cults and new religions : a brief history

Cults and new religions : a primer

The range of new religious movements

Controversy and the popular perception of new religious movements

The Church of Scientology : the question of religion

Ron Hubbard and the origins of Scientology

Beliefs and practices of the church of scientology

The organizational structure of the Church of Scientology

The Church of Scientology and the question of religion

Transcendental meditation : the questions of science and therapy

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the arrival of transcendental meditation

Beliefs and practices of transcendental meditation

The growth and development of transcendental meditation

Transcendental meditation : the questions of science and therapy

Ramtha and the new age : the question of the dangerous cult

Who is JZ Knight and who is Ramtha?

History and development of Ramtha's school of enlightenment

Beliefs and practices of Ramtha's school of enlightenment

RSE and the question of the dangerous cult

The Unification Church/the family federation : the brainwashing/deprogramming controversy

Sun Myung Moon : Savior from the East

Doctrinal beliefs and ritual practices of the Unification Church

The growth and organization of the Unification Church outside Korea

Brainwashing, deprogramming, and the Unification Church

The Children of God/The Family International : the issue of sexuality

Mo : David Berg and the origins of the Children of God

Social organization of the Children of God/The Family

Beliefs, rituals, and practices of the Children of God/The Family

The Children of God/The Family and the issue of sexuality

The Branch Davidians : the problem of mass media

The historical development of the Branch Davidians

Beliefs and practices of the Branch Davidians under David Koresh

The siege at Waco and the problem of mass media

Heaven's Gate : the question of cults and violence

Ti, do, and the origins of Heaven's Gate

Beliefs and practices of Heaven's Gate

Recruitment and social organization in Heaven's Gate

The evolutionary level above human : the continuum of new religious movements and violence

Wicca and witchcraft : confronting cultural fears

Gerald Gardner and the origins of modern witchcraft

Social organization and development of modern witchcraft and wicca

Beliefs, rituals, and practices of modern witchcraft and wicca

Satanic panic : the legacy of religious cult fears

Rethinking cults : the significance of new religious movements

Perspectives : cults versus new religious movements

New religions as experimental faiths