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Book Synopsis Exposing Cults by : David Christopher Lane
Download or read book Exposing Cults written by David Christopher Lane and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 1994 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Book Synopsis Brainwashing and the Cults by : Paul Andre Verdier
Download or read book Brainwashing and the Cults written by Paul Andre Verdier and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Larson's New Book of Cults by : Bob Larson
Download or read book Larson's New Book of Cults written by Bob Larson and published by Tyndale House Publishers. This book was released on 1989 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encyclopedic in form, popular in style, Larson's New Book of Cults analyzes dozens of cults and movements from historical, sociological, and biblical perspectives. It will tell you what you want to know about the cults' origins, their appeal, and their strategies. Most important, it details how each cult deviates from Christian truth.
Book Synopsis Cults in Our Midst by : Margaret Thaler Singer
Download or read book Cults in Our Midst written by Margaret Thaler Singer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-04-11 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cults today are bigger than ever, with broad ramifications for national and international terrorism. In this newly revised edition of her definitive work on cults, Singer reveals what cults really are and how they work, focusing specifically on the coercive persuasion techniques of charismatic leaders seeking money and power. The book contains fascinating updates on Heaven's Gate, Falun Gong, Aum Shinrikyo, Hare Krishna, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, and the connection between cults and terrorism in Al Queda and the PLO.
Download or read book Exposing Cults written by David Lane and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-12-26 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated book focuses on a number of cults and their respective leaders, including Paul Twitchell and Eckankar, John-Roger Hinkins and MSIA, Gary Olsen and MasterPath, Andrew Cohen, Sathya Sai Baba, Father Yod and the Brotherhood of the Source. Presents a critical and inside look at how these groups operate. Also included our essays on UFOs, Edgar Cayce, and the Politics of Mysticism. This is a new edition of Professor Lane's 1993 book of the same title.
Book Synopsis Legitimating New Religions by : James R. Lewis
Download or read book Legitimating New Religions written by James R. Lewis and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work deals explicitly with the issue of how emerging religions legitimate themselves. It contends that a new religion has at least four different, though overlapping, areas where legitimacy is a concern: making converts, maintaining followers, shaping public opinion and appeasing government authorities. The legitimacy that new religions seek in the public realm is primarily that of social acceptance. recognizing its status as a genuine religion and thus recognizing its right to exist. Through a series of wide-ranging case studies James Lewis explores the diversification of legitimation strategies of new religions as well as the tactics that their critics use to de-legitimate such groups. Cases include the Movement for Spiritual Inner Awareness, Native American prophet religions, spiritualism, the Church of Christ-Scientist, Scientology, Church of Satan, Heaven's Gate, Unitarianism, Hindu reform movements and Soka Gakkai, a new Buddhist sect. to the legitimation strategies deployed by established religions, the book sheds light on classic questions about the origin of all religions.
Book Synopsis Controversial New Religions by : James R. Lewis
Download or read book Controversial New Religions written by James R. Lewis and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In terms of public opinion, new religious movements are considered controversial for a variety of reasons. Their social organization often runs counter to popular expectations by experimenting with communal living, alternative leadership roles, unusual economic dispositions, and new political and ethical values. As a result the general public views new religions with a mixture of curiosity, amusement, and anxiety, sustained by lavish media emphasis on oddness and tragedy rather than familiarity and lived experience. This updated and revised second edition of Controversial New Religions offers a scholarly, dispassionate look at those groups that have generated the most attention, including some very well-known classical groups like The Family, Unification Church, Scientology, and Jim Jones's People's Temple; some relative newcomers such as the Kabbalah Centre, the Order of the Solar Temple, Branch Davidians, Heaven's Gate, and the Falun Gong; and some interesting cases like contemporary Satanism, the Raelians, Black nationalism, and various Pagan groups. Each essay combines an overview of the history and beliefs of each organization or movement with original and insightful analysis. By presenting decades of scholarly work on new religious movements written in an accessible form by established scholars as well as younger experts in the field, this book will be an invaluable resource for all those who seek a view of new religions that is deeper than what can be found in sensationalistic media stories.
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of African American Religions by : Larry G. Murphy
Download or read book Encyclopedia of African American Religions written by Larry G. Murphy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 1005 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preceded by three introductory essays and a chronology of major events in black religious history from 1618 to 1991, this A-Z encyclopedia includes three types of entries: * Biographical sketches of 773 African American religious leaders * 341 entries on African American denominations and religious organizations (including white churches with significant black memberships and educational institutions) * Topical articles on important aspects of African American religious life (e.g., African American Christians during the Colonial Era, Music in the African American Church)
Book Synopsis Freedom of Mind: Helping Loved Ones Leave Controlling People, Cults, and Beliefs by : Steven Hassan, PhD
Download or read book Freedom of Mind: Helping Loved Ones Leave Controlling People, Cults, and Beliefs written by Steven Hassan, PhD and published by Freedom of Mind Press. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the post 911 world, people are more susceptible than ever to charismatic figures who offer simple, black v. white, us v. them, good v. evil, formulaic solutions. The rise of the Internet; increasingly sophisticated knowledge about how to influence and manipulate others; and the growing vulnerabilities of people across the planet—make for a dangerous, potentially devastating combination. Steven Hassan’s new book Freedom of Mind provides the knowledge and awareness needed to help yourself and loved ones avoid or escape from such dangerous people and situations. This must-read volume is a significantly updated and revised edition of Hassan’s groundbreaking Releasing the Bonds (2000). People who read and benefitted from that book—and also his earlier book, Combatting Cult Mind Control (1989)—will want to read Hassan’s latest. It provides an up-to-the-minute guide to the reality of ‘undue influence’—the preferred term for mind control—in the post 9/11 era. Unstable Global Environment Enhances Dangers of Unethical Control The world has changed greatly in the last decade. The rise of the Internet, the emergence of global terrorism and of dangerous totalistic ideologies, and the shifts in global markets—these and other changes have created new opportunities for unscrupulous individuals, groups, and institutions to exert unethical control over others. Freedom of Mind exposes the techniques and methods that individuals, cults, and institutions of all types—religious, business, therapeutic, educational, governmental—use to undo a person’s capacity to think and act independently. Individuals More Vulnerable than Ever The Internet is now the primary vehicle for recruitment and indoctrination. It is also a means for spreading sophisticated information about social psychology, hypnosis, and other techniques of social control, which are being used—in ways both effective and dangerous—by ‘influence professionals.’ Meanwhile, people are becoming increasingly vulnerable. Sleep-deprived, overweight and looking to improve themselves, overloaded with often frightening images and information; anxious about the current economic decline, climate change, and government corruption on all levels. People are more susceptible than ever to charismatic figures who offer simple, black v. white, us v. them, good v. evil, formulaic solutions. These factors—the rise of the Internet; increasingly sophisticated knowledge about how to influence and manipulate others; and the growing vulnerabilities of people across the planet—make for a dangerous, potentially devastating combination. Freedom of Mind Provides Help for Yourself, a Loved One, or a Friend Hassan’s new book, Freedom of Mind, aims to fill the gap. It identifies and explains how to identify and evaluate potentially dangerous groups and individuals. Hassan details his groundbreaking approach, the ‘Strategic Interactive Approach,’ which can be used to help a loved one leave such a situation. Step-by-step, Hassan shows you how to: evaluate the situation; interact with dual identities; develop communication strategies using phone calls, letter writing and visits; understand and utilize cult beliefs and tactics; use reality-testing and other techniques to promote freedom of mind. He emphasizes the value of meeting with trained consultants to be effectively guided and coached and also to plan and implement effective interventions. The best way to protect yourself and your loved ones is knowledge and awareness.
Download or read book The Skeptical Text written by David Lane and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-12-02 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a series of articles which take a critical look at various religious and paranormal phenomena.
Book Synopsis Conversation with a Cult Leader by : Eric Schaeffer
Download or read book Conversation with a Cult Leader written by Eric Schaeffer and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-11 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After having hundreds of conversations with Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, Muslims, and LGBTQ church leaders, I was able to compile their arguments into one easy to read text. This book contains conversations between a Bible-believing Christian and a leader from each of these four religions. An exploration of the Bible, history, science, and the cults' own literature exposes how these religions twist the truth in their attempt to discredit Biblical Christianity. While this is a nonfiction book, it reads more like fiction because the material is presented in conversation form. This enables the text to flow like a novel, but without losing its scholarly appeal. Preceding each discussion is a brief overview of the cult, what they believe, and what a Christian should expect when talking to them. The purpose of this book is to equip believers to defend the faith, expose deception, and share the Truth of Jesus Christ. Whether you are a world missionary, an internet evangelist, or just someone interested in knowing more about these religions, you will benefit from reading Conversation with a Cult Leader.
Download or read book American Cult written by Omar Rosales and published by . This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you were in a cult, would you know it? This book delves into the FASCINATING world of the NXIVM (pronounced Nex-ee-um) Cult of New York and how they manipulated thousands to take their Executive Success Program courses, using famous HOLLYWOOD actors to lure members. Through a combination of indoctrination, starvation, and sleep depravation, this Cult was able to brainwash thousands of followers, including heads-of-state and government officials. Learn about the roots of NXIVM. Step into the mind-bending world of Cult Leader Keith Raniere. Read about encounters with cult leaders including Allison Mack and Kristin Kreuk. Discover how this Cult operated and ultimately went down in flames with the HORRIFYING SEX SLAVE ring and branding. Bonus Material in this edition includes EXPLOSIVE DOSSIER on senior cult leaders, SHOCKING FBI REPORTS, the PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE of a cult leader, and controversial ALTERNATIVE theory.
Book Synopsis Social Science and the Cults by : John A. Saliba
Download or read book Social Science and the Cults written by John A. Saliba and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-20 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1990, brings together descriptive, comparative, and theoretical materials on cults and sects in Western culture, focusing on literature published since 1970. A historical section links the rise of the new movements to similar past phenomena in Western culture. Other sections examine the methodology of studying religious movements and the various theories which have been brought to explain them, current studies on traditional sects that are sometimes compared to the new religions, and many studies of individual contemporary cults.
Book Synopsis Finding the God of Noah by : J. David Davis
Download or read book Finding the God of Noah written by J. David Davis and published by KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. This book was released on 1996 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Finding the God of Noah, a memoir of his religious life, Mr. Davis tells of the doubts and perplexities which first led to a deepening of his commitment to Southern Baptist theology, his successful career as a Baptist minister, and his progressive estrangement from it and from Christianity. It is also the story of a congregation which shared in Davis' religious quest."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis Major Spiritual Warfare and Deliverance Ministry Principles by : Eric Gondwe
Download or read book Major Spiritual Warfare and Deliverance Ministry Principles written by Eric Gondwe and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-11-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [255 pages] Please note: This is the Second Edition of the book. Third Editions are now available in two separate books, one on Spiritual Warfare Principles and another on Christian Deliverance Principles. Third editions are extensively revised and updated versions - due to reader recommendations on additional content. To go to the third editions please click on the author's name above or click on the appropriate book title link above (depending on which page you're on).
Book Synopsis Don't Call it a Cult by : Sarah Berman
Download or read book Don't Call it a Cult written by Sarah Berman and published by Steerforth. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They draw you in with the promise of empowerment, self-discovery, women helping women. The more secretive those connections are, the more exclusive you feel. Little did you know, you just joined a cult. Sex trafficking. Self-help coaching. Forced labor. Mentorship. Multi-level marketing. Gaslighting. Investigative journalist Sarah Berman explores the shocking practices of NXIVM, a cult run by Keith Raniere and many enablers. Through the accounts of central NXIVM figures, Berman uncovers how dozens of women seeking creative coaching and networking opportunities instead were blackmailed, literally branded, near-starved, and enslaved. Don't Call It a Cult is a riveting account of NXIVM's rise to power, its ability to evade prosecution for decades, and the investigation that finally revealed its dark secrets to the world.
Book Synopsis Major Cults and False World Religions by : Steve Urick
Download or read book Major Cults and False World Religions written by Steve Urick and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cults and false religions are dangerous. They preach a false gospel and lead people into a false spirituality. Their victims are kept blinded from the true gospel of Christ while they are held in bondage to whatever false belief system and legalistic practices they must maintain. Major Cults and False World Religions reveals several key characteristics that makes them unbiblical. It exposes several major cults and false religions that have the majority of the world's population deceived and headed for Hell. This book is the result of thirtty-four years of evangelism work, studying comparative religions, and apologetic research and debate. It will equip you with a basic understanding of what each group believes and how to clearly discern and refute many of their unscriptural teachings and attacks.
