McClung, Floyd: "Authority: Its Use and Abuse, A Christian Perspective"

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This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Journal, 1988, Volume 5, Number 2, pages 237-245. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the bound volume. This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.

Authority: Its Use and Abuse - A Christian Perspective

Floyd McClung, Jr.

Editor's Note: The following article, which presents a conservative evangelical view of the abuse of authority, continues the dialogue begun in the special CSJ issue (Vol. 2, No. 2), "Cults, Evangelicals, and the Ethics of Social Influence." It also presents another perspective on the organization, Youth with a Mission, which was criticized in the article, "My Experience in YWAM: A personal Account and Critique of Cultic Manipulation," by Laurie Jacobson (CSJ, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1986, pp. 204-230). As always, comments are welcome.

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