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Tables of Contents for Cults in America
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
1 Introduction
1
44
A Tale of Two New Religions
1
8
Heaven's Gate
2
3
Northeast Kingdom
5
4
Religious Persecution in Nineteenth-Century America
9
6
Emergence of the Contemporary Cult Controversy and the "Brainwashing" Debate
15
8
Cultic Mind Control
15
2
Deprogramming and the Anticult Movement
17
3
The Cult Withdrawal Syndrome
20
3
Stereotypes and Public Perceptions of the Cult Issue
23
7
Stereotyping Cults
23
4
Self-Fulfilling Stereotypes
27
1
Cults and the Media
28
2
The Appeal of New Religions,
30
4
Social Influence in Genuinely Dangerous Religions
34
11
The Nature of "Cultic" Influence,
34
3
Cults or Bad Religion?
37
2
Early Warning Signs
39
6
2 Chronology
45
20
3 Controversial Groups and Movements
65
64
4 Court Decisions, Legislation, and Governmental Actions
129
38
Relevant Court Decisions Not Directly Involving Contemporary New Religions
131
5
Mormon Polygamy Cases
131
2
Jehovah's Witnesses Cases
133
1
The Sherbert-Yoder Test
134
2
Earliest Cases Involving Contemporary New Religions
136
3
The Ballard Decision
136
2
Founding Church of Scientology v. United States
138
1
Deprogramming in Court
139
3
Legislative Efforts and Conservatorship Cases
142
3
Attempting to Legislate against Cults
142
1
Efforts to Amend Conservatorship Laws
143
1
The Faithful Five/Faithless Four Case
143
2
Ex-Member Lawsuits against Minority Religions,
145
4
The Mull Case
147
1
Molko & Leal v. Unification Church
148
1
Child Abuse and Governmental Intervention in Nontraditional Religions
149
6
Child Abuse
149
3
Child Custody Cases
152
3
Tax Cases
155
3
Church Universal and Triumphant
155
2
Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Income Tax Evasion Case
157
1
Zoning and Solicitation
158
2
Church Universal and Triumphant
158
1
The Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness
159
1
Libel Cases
160
3
The Local Church Libel Case
161
1
Cynthia Kisser v. the Church of Scientology
162
1
The Defeat of Anticultism in the Courts
163
4
The Fishman Decision
163
1
The Scott Case and the Demise of the Cult Awareness Network
164
3
5 Facts and Data
167
22
Documents
167
16
Resolution on Deprogramming: "Religious Liberty for Young People Too,"
168
1
Resolution on Pseudo-Religious Cults
169
2
Testimony of Rev. Barry W. Lynn
171
4
Testimony of John G. Clark, Jr., M. D.
175
8
Statistics
183
6
Growth of Alternative Religions in the United States
183
1
Distribution of New Religions
184
1
New Religions in Europe
185
1
Religious Backgrounds of Members of New Religions
185
1
Postinvolvement Attitudes of Ex-Members
186
1
The Cult Withdrawal Syndrome
187
2
6 Organizations and Websites
189
10
Academic Organizations
189
1
Cult Information Organizations and Websites
190
9
7 Resources
199
18
Mainstream Scholarship
199
7
Reference Books
199
1
Textbooks and General Surveys
200
2
Specialized Studies
202
1
Books on Specific Groups or Movements
203
2
Individual Articles
205
1
Anticult Scholarship
206
3
Books
206
1
Articles
207
2
Popular Books
209
1
Nonprint Resources
210
7
Index
217
16
About the Author
233