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Maag  Chris             

What Triggered the Toledo Riots?

     Author Maag  Chris      
    Posted: 10/17/2005 9:52:37 AM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic:        Group: National Socialist Movement (American Nazi Party)

    Publication:
Time Magazine online
   
Vol.:    No.:  
   
Date: 10/16/2005 8:00:00 AM  2005  Page(s):  


Maag  Christopher             

Songwriter’s Death Leads to Suits Against Preacher

     Author Maag  Christopher      
    Posted: 1/1/2007 9:08:39 AM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic: tp_legal      Group: Solid Rock Church (Darlene Bishop)

    Publication:
New York Times
   
Vol.:    No.:  
   
Date: 1/1/2007 8:00:00 AM     Page(s):  


Mabin  Connie             

Davidians Hope New Church Can Heal

     Author Mabin  Connie      
    Posted: 4/19/2000 2:09:31 PM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic:        Group: Branch Davidian (David Koresh)

    Publication:
Associated Press
   
Vol.:    No.:  
   
Date: 4/19/2000 8:00:00 AM     Page(s):  


MacAfee  Michelle             

B.C. polygamists vow to protect children from sexual exploitation

     Author MacAfee  Michelle      
    Posted: 2/19/2005 9:04:12 AM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic:        Group: Bountiful (Winston Blackmore),Polygamy

    Publication:
Canadian Press
   
Vol.:    No.:  
   
Date: 2/18/2005 8:00:00 AM  2005  Page(s):  


Macafee  Michelle             

Teen loses fight to refuse blood transfusions

     Author Macafee  Michelle      
    Posted: 2/7/2007 8:53:41 AM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic: tp_child,tp_legal      Group: Jehovahs Witnesses

    Publication:
CP
   
Vol.:    No.:  
   
Date: 2/6/2007 8:00:00 AM     Page(s):  


MacAkskill  Ewen             

US border vigilantes declare war on themselves

     Author MacAkskill  Ewen      
    Posted: 6/4/2007 11:05:12 AM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic:        Group: Minuteman Project,Patriots' Border Alliance

    Publication:
The Guardian (UK)
   
Vol.:    No.:  
   
Date: 6/4/2007 8:00:00 AM     Page(s):  


MacBournie  Vic             

The Way – Thought Reform and Rehab – II

     Author MacBournie  Vic      
    Posted: 9/27/2006 5:20:19 PM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic: tp_recovery,tp_thoughtreform,tp_mindcontrol      Group: Way International (Victor Paul Wierwille),Recovery,Mind Control

    Publication:
Advisor
   
Vol.: 04  No.: 02
   
Date:    1982  Page(s): 3,11


MacCormack  John             

How the sect built a fortune and home

     Author MacCormack  John      
    Posted: 4/21/2008 9:45:12 AM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic:        Group: FLDS (Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) (Warren Jeffs),YFZ (Yearning for Zion)

    Publication:
Houston Chronicle
   
Vol.:    No.:  
   
Date: 4/20/2008 8:00:00 AM     Page(s):  


MacCormack  John             

Next in the polygamist sect raid, a legal marathon

     Author MacCormack  John      
    Posted: 4/14/2008 3:12:54 PM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic:        Group: YFZ (Yearning for Zion)

    Publication:
Houston Chronicle
   
Vol.:    No.:  
   
Date: 4/12/2008 8:00:00 AM     Page(s):  


MacCormack  Zeke             

State trying to seize monastery property

     Author MacCormack  Zeke      
    Posted: 8/12/2006 9:50:46 AM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic:        Group: Christ of the Hills Monastery (Father Vasilli) (William Edward Hughes)

    Publication:
San Antonio Express-News
   
Vol.:    No.:  
   
Date: 8/11/2006 8:00:00 AM     Page(s):  


Macdonald  G.             

Donning Clerical Collar, Danforth Slams GOP's Religious Rhetoric

     Author Macdonald  G.  J.   
    Posted: 10/7/2005 10:01:54 AM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic: tp_org_gov      Group: Focus on the Family Action (James Dobson),Falwell (Jerry Falwell),Government and Religion

    Publication:
Religion News Service
   
Vol.:    No.:  
   
Date: 10/6/2005 8:00:00 AM  2005  Page(s):  


MacDonald  Gayle             

One woman's heroic journey

     Author MacDonald  Gayle      
    Posted: 1/24/2007 12:36:11 PM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic:        Group: Bountiful (Winston Blackmore)

    Publication:
Globe and Mail (Canada)
   
Vol.:    No.:  
   
Date: 1/23/2007 8:00:00 AM     Page(s):  


MacDonald  Grordon             

Disciple Abuse*

     Author MacDonald  Grordon      
    Posted:    Type: Doc_article         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 02  No.: 02
   
Date:    1985  Page(s): 288-295


MacDonald  Jeffrey             

Religious groups are deciding to take on media vilification

     Author MacDonald  Jeffrey      
    Posted: 3/5/2006 11:13:58 AM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic:        Group: Hindu,Opus Dei (Josemaria Escriva),Paganism,Wicca,Native-American Groups

    Publication:
Toronto Star
   
Vol.:    No.:  
   
Date: 3/4/2006 8:00:00 AM     Page(s):  


MacDonald  Jerry Paul             

Reject the Wicked Man-- Coercive Persuasion and Deviance Production: A Study of Conflict Management

     Author MacDonald  Jerry Paul      
    Posted: 5/19/2000 1:42:32 PM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 05  No.: 01
   
Date:    1988  Page(s): 059-121


MacDonald  Sarah             

Falun Gong members seek Sask. support

     Author MacDonald  Sarah      
    Posted: 7/29/2006 11:27:31 AM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic:        Group: Falun Gong (Li Hongzhi)

    Publication:
Star Phoenix (Saskatoon, Canada)
   
Vol.:    No.:  
   
Date: 7/29/2006 8:00:00 AM     Page(s):  


MacDonald  Victoria             

School abuse inquiry

     Author MacDonald  Victoria      
    Posted: 3/15/2006 10:54:47 AM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic: tp_abuse      Group: School of Economic Science

    Publication:
Channel 4 (UK)
   
Vol.:    No.:  
   
Date: 3/14/2006 9:00:00 AM     Page(s):  


MacGregor  Hilary             

Mainstream medicine is beginning to explore the aisles of botanicas

     Author MacGregor  Hilary      
    Posted: 2/7/2005 4:54:08 PM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic:        Group: Alternative Medicine

    Publication:
Los Angeles Times
   
Vol.:    No.:  
   
Date: 2/7/2005 8:00:00 AM  2005  Page(s):  


MacGregor  Hilary             

Had Your McYoga Today? A Stretch of Success

     Author MacGregor  Hilary  E.   
    Posted: 7/8/2002 12:14:11 PM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic:        Group: Bikram Yoga (Other Fax)

    Publication:
Los Angeles Times
   
Vol.:    No.:  
   
Date: 7/7/2002 8:00:00 AM     Page(s):  


MacGregor  Hilary             

Toxic levels of metals found in some ayurvedic remedies

     Author MacGregor  Hilary  E.   
    Posted: 12/20/2004 7:13:59 PM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic:        Group: Ayurveda Medicine,Alternative Medicine

    Publication:
Los Angeles Times
   
Vol.:    No.:  
   
Date: 12/20/2004 8:00:00 AM  2004  Page(s):  


MacGregor  Roy             

'We're waiting for David's resurrection'

     Author MacGregor  Roy      
    Posted: 4/14/2003 8:49:54 AM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic:        Group: Branch Davidian (David Koresh)

    Publication:
Globe and Mail (Toronto)
   
Vol.:    No.:  
   
Date: 4/12/2003 8:00:00 AM     Page(s):  


MacHovec  Frank             

The Road to Malpsychia: Humanistic Psychology and Our Discontents

     Author MacHovec  Frank      
    Posted: 12/9/2002 2:42:01 PM  Type: Doc_news         
    Topic:        Group: New Age Misc

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Review
   
Vol.: 01  No.: 03
   
Date:    2002  Page(s): Web Version


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: Blurred Boundaries

     Author MacHovec  Frank  J.  Ph.D.
    Posted: 2/12/2000 10:08:09 AM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 11  No.: 02
   
Date:    1994  Page(s): 227, 228


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: Conversions: A Philosophic Memoir

     Author MacHovec  Frank  J.  Ph.D.
    Posted: 2/11/2000 4:53:15 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 13  No.: 01
   
Date:    1996  Page(s): 121, 122


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: Feet of Clay

     Author MacHovec  Frank  J.  Ph.D.
    Posted: 2/11/2000 3:17:46 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 14  No.: 02
   
Date:    1997  Page(s): 307-309


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: Handbook of Religious Experience

     Author MacHovec  Frank  J.  Ph.D.
    Posted: 3/29/2000 4:39:03 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 16  No.: 02
   
Date:    1999  Page(s): 215, 216


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: Holy Rollers: Murder and Madness in Oregon’s Love Cult

     Author MacHovec  Frank      
    Posted: 6/5/2004 9:45:33 AM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Review
   
Vol.: 03  No.: 01
   
Date:    2004  Page(s): Web Version


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: In Pursuit of Satan

     Author MacHovec  Frank  J.  Ph.D.
    Posted: 2/14/2000 6:10:38 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 08  No.: 01
   
Date:    1991  Page(s): 084, 085


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: A Consumer's Guide to "Alternative Medicine"

     Author MacHovec  Frank  J.  Ph.D.
    Posted: 3/29/2000 4:54:03 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 16  No.: 02
   
Date:    1999  Page(s): 217-219


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: A Force Upon the Plain

     Author MacHovec  Frank  J.  Ph.D.
    Posted: 2/13/2000 1:39:59 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 15  No.: 01
   
Date:    1988  Page(s): 089-091


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: A Time to Laugh

     Author MacHovec  Frank  J.  Ph.D.
    Posted: 2/11/2000 3:30:51 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 14  No.: 02
   
Date:    1997  Page(s): 313-314


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: Money and Power in New Religions

     Author MacHovec  Frank  J.  Ph.D.
    Posted: 2/14/2000 6:13:22 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 08  No.: 01
   
Date:    1991  Page(s): 086, 087


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: More Revealed

     Author MacHovec  Frank  J.  Ph.D.
    Posted: 2/12/2000 10:29:43 AM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 12  No.: 01
   
Date:    1995  Page(s): 110-112


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: Orthodoxy and Heresy

     Author MacHovec  Frank  J.  Ph.D.
    Posted: 2/14/2000 6:53:05 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 09  No.: 02
   
Date:    1992  Page(s): 253, 254


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: People Who Play God: How Ultra-Authorities Enslave the Hearts, Minds, and Souls of Their Victims

     Author MacHovec  Frank      
    Posted: 4/13/2005 1:08:37 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Review
   
Vol.: 04  No.: 01
   
Date:    2005  Page(s): Web Version


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: Recovering from Churches that Abuse

     Author MacHovec  Frank  J.  Ph.D.
    Posted: 2/11/2000 4:51:00 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 13  No.: 01
   
Date:    1996  Page(s): 119, 120


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: Religion and the Clinical Practice of Psychology

     Author MacHovec  Frank  J.  Ph.D.
    Posted: 2/13/2000 12:55:44 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 13  No.: 02
   
Date:    1996  Page(s): 216-218


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: The Dynamics of Religious Conversion

     Author MacHovec  Frank  J.  Ph.D.
    Posted: 2/11/2000 3:34:44 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 14  No.: 02
   
Date:    1997  Page(s): 314-316


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: The Emerging Network

     Author MacHovec  Frank  J.  Ph.D.
    Posted: 2/13/2000 12:26:21 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 13  No.: 02
   
Date:    1996  Page(s): 210-212


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: The Guru Papers

     Author MacHovec  Frank  J.  Ph.D.
    Posted: 2/12/2000 10:00:38 AM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 11  No.: 02
   
Date:    1994  Page(s): 222


MacHovec  Frank              

Book Review: The Power of Persuasion: How We’re Bought and Sold

     Author MacHovec  Frank       
    Posted: 10/25/2004 1:20:35 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Review
   
Vol.: 03  No.: 02
   
Date:    2004  Page(s): Web Version


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: The Psychology of Religion

     Author MacHovec  Frank  J.  Ph.D.
    Posted: 2/13/2000 2:18:30 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 15  No.: 01
   
Date:    1988  Page(s): 101-104


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: The Road to Malpsychia: Humanistic Psychology and Our Discontents by J. Milton

     Author MacHovec  Frank     Ph.D.
    Posted: 11/25/2002 7:02:24 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic: tp_cultural      Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Review
   
Vol.: 01  No.: 03
   
Date:    2002  Page(s): Web Version


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: The Sixth of Seven Wives: Escape from Modern Day Polygamy

     Author MacHovec  Frank      
    Posted: 9/19/2003 12:15:30 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group: Polygamy

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Review
   
Vol.: 02  No.: 02
   
Date:    2003  Page(s): Web Version


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: The Socratic Universe

     Author MacHovec  Frank  J.  Ph.D.
    Posted: 7/30/2001 4:38:55 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 17  No.: 01
   
Date:    2000  Page(s): 199, 200


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: The Walking Wounded

     Author MacHovec  Frank  J.  Ph.D.
    Posted: 2/13/2000 2:05:29 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 15  No.: 01
   
Date:    1988  Page(s): 094, 095


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: The Wrong Way Home

     Author MacHovec  Frank  J.  Ph.D.
    Posted: 2/14/2000 6:38:23 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 09  No.: 01
   
Date:    1992  Page(s): 122


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: Thieves of Innocence

     Author MacHovec  Frank  J.  Ph.D.
    Posted: 6/30/1999 1:59:08 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 16  No.: 01
   
Date:    1999  Page(s): 094, 095


MacHovec  Frank             

Book Review: When the New Age Gets Old

     Author MacHovec  Frank  J.  Ph.D.
    Posted: 2/12/2000 10:32:14 AM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group:  

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Journal
   
Vol.: 12  No.: 01
   
Date:    1995  Page(s): 112, 113


MacHovec, Ph. D.  Frank             

Book Review: The Religion that Kills: Christian Science, Abuse, Neglect and Mind Control

     Author MacHovec, Ph. D.  Frank      
    Posted: 2/16/2004 12:03:27 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group: Book Review

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Review
   
Vol.: 02  No.: 03
   
Date:    2003  Page(s): Web Version


MacHovec, Ph. D.  Frank             

Book Review: In the shadow of the new age: Decoding the Findhorn Foundation

     Author MacHovec, Ph. D.  Frank      
    Posted: 2/16/2004 12:14:55 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic:        Group: Book Review

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Review
   
Vol.: 02  No.: 03
   
Date:    2003  Page(s): Web Version


MacHovec, Ph. D.  Frank             

Book Review: The psychology of terrorism

     Author MacHovec, Ph. D.  Frank      
    Posted: 2/16/2004 1:05:59 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
    Topic: tp_terrorism      Group: Book Review

    Publication:
Cultic Studies Review
   
Vol.: 02  No.: 03
   
Date:    2003  Page(s): Web Version


MacIntosh  Jeane             

Top GOPers 'Cult' Favorites

     Author MacIntosh  Jeane      
    Posted: 10/3/2007 9:06:05 AM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic:        Group: NXIVM,Executive Success Programs (Keith Raniere)

    Publication:
New York Post
   
Vol.: 07  No.: 01
   
Date: 10/3/2007 8:00:00 AM  2008  Page(s):  


MacIntosh  Jeane             

Spitzer Probes Fulani

     Author MacIntosh  Jeane      
    Posted: 7/26/2002 11:25:38 AM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic:        Group: All Stars Project (New Alliance Party) (Lenora Fulani),Independence Party (New Alliance Party) (Lenora Fulani),New Alliance Party,Social Therapy

    Publication:
New York Post
   
Vol.:    No.:  
   
Date: 7/26/2002 8:00:00 AM     Page(s):  


MacIntosh  Jeane             

Nxivm's Vexing Effect on Believers

     Author MacIntosh  Jeane      
    Posted: 10/1/2007 8:52:32 AM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic:        Group: NXIVM,Executive Success Programs (Keith Raniere)

    Publication:
New York Post
   
Vol.:    No.:  
   
Date: 10/1/2007 8:00:00 AM     Page(s):  


MacIntosh  R.             

China's prosperity inspires rising spirituality

     Author MacIntosh  R.  S.   
    Posted: 3/15/2006 12:16:06 PM  Type: Doc_article         
    Topic:        Group: Dalai Lama,Buddhism

    Publication:
Christian Science Monitor
   
Vol.:    No.:  
   
Date: 3/9/2006 8:00:00 AM     Page(s):  


MacKenzie  Ursula