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(1992) ''[[Churches that Abuse]]'', Zondervan, {{ISBN|0310532906}} [http://www.apologeticsindex.org/716-churches-that-abuse-online-book Full text online] * Esquerre, Arnaud: ''La manipulation mentale. Sociologie des sectes en France'', Fayard, Paris, 2009. * House, Wayne: ''Charts of Cults, Sects, and Religious Movements'', 2000, {{ISBN|0310385512}} * Kramer, Joel and Alstad, Diane: ''The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power'', 1993. * Lalich, Janja: ''Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults'', 2004, {{ISBN|0520240189}} * Landau Tobias, Madeleine et al. : ''Captive Hearts, Captive Minds'', 1994, {{ISBN|0897931440}} * [[James R. Lewis (scholar)|Lewis, James R.]] ''Odd Gods: New Religions and the Cult Controversy'', [[Prometheus Books]], 2001 * Martin, Walter et al.: ''[[The Kingdom of the Cults]]'', 2003, {{ISBN|0764228218}} * {{cite encyclopedia |surname=Melton |given=J. Gordon |authorlink=J. Gordon Melton |title=Encyclopedic Handbook of Cults in America |series=Religious Information Series, 7 |edition=Rev. and updated |place=New York; London |publisher=Garland Publ. |year=1992 |orig-year=1986 |url={{Google books|id=KRTGzgpDvL4C|plainurl=y|page=}} |isbn=0-8153-0502-8}} * Oakes, Len: ''Prophetic Charisma: The Psychology of Revolutionary Religious Personalities'', 1997, {{ISBN|0815603983}} * [[Margaret Singer|Singer, Margaret Thaler]]: ''Cults in Our Midst: The Continuing Fight Against Their Hidden Menace'', 1992, {{ISBN|0787967416}} * Tourish, Dennis: '''On the Edge: Political Cults Right and Left'', 2000, {{ISBN|0765606399}} * Zablocki, Benjamin et al.: ''Misunderstanding Cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field'', 2001, {{ISBN|0802081886}} {{refend}} ===Articles=== {{refbegin}} * Aronoff, Jodi; Lynn, Steven Jay; Malinosky, Peter. ''Are cultic environments psychologically harmful?'', ''Clinical Psychology Review'', 2000, Vol. 20 No. 1 pp. 91–111 * Langone, Michael: Cults: [https://web.archive.org/web/20040514055256/http://www.csj.org/infoserv_articles/langone_michael_cultsqa.htm Questions and Answers] * [[Robert Jay Lifton|Lifton, Robert Jay]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20040624204743/http://csj.org/infoserv_articles/lifton_robert.htm "Cult Formation"], ''The Harvard Mental Health Letter'', February 1991 * Robbins, T. and D. Anthony, 1982. "Deprogramming, brainwashing and the medicalization of deviant religious groups" ''Social Problems'' '''29''' pp. 283–297. * Rosedale, Herbert et al.: [https://web.archive.org/web/20040514072433/http://www.csj.org/infoserv_articles/langone_michael_term_cult.htm "On Using the Term 'Cult{{'"}}] * Van Hoey, Sara: [https://web.archive.org/web/20041216002202/http://www.csj.org/infoserv_articles/van_hoey_sara_cults_in_court.htm "Cults in Court"]. ''The Los Angeles Lawyer'', February 1991 * [[Philip Zimbardo|Zimbardo, Philip]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20041118073343/http://www.csj.org/infoserv_articles/zimbardo_philip_messeges.htm "What messages are behind today's cults?"], ''American Psychological Association Monitor'', May 1997 {{refend}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page