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Aum Shinrikyo: Book on Aum

Author          
Posted: 3/24/2008 6:48:24 AM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:  Aum Shinrikyo,Aleph,(Asahara,Shoko)

Publication
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Cultic Studies Review Vol.: 01  No.: 03
Date:    2002  Page(s): 316-321

Book Focuses on Malachi York

Author          
Posted: 6/15/2007 9:35:40 AM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:  Nuwaubian,Ansaru Allah Community (Malachi York)

Publication
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13WMAZ TV News (Macon, GA) Vol.: 06  No.: 03
Date: 6/15/2007 8:00:00 AM  2007  Page(s):  

Book Focuses on Malachi York

Author          
Posted: 6/15/2007 9:35:40 AM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:  Nuwaubian,Ansaru Allah Community (Malachi York)

Publication
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13WMAZ TV News (Macon, GA) Vol.: 06  No.: 03
Date: 6/15/2007 8:00:00 AM  2007  Page(s):  

Book on Yahweh Ben Yahweh

Author          
Posted: 9/24/2003 3:26:36 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:  Yahweh Ben Yahweh

Publication
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Cult Observer Vol.: 12  No.: 04
Date:    1995  Page(s): 4

Book Review: A Guide to New Religious Movements

Author          
Posted: 1/23/2006 12:16:42 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
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Cultic Studies Review Vol.: 04  No.: 03
Date:    2005  Page(s): 2

Book Review: Evangelical Scholars on Cults

Author Guberman  Joan     
Posted: 11/29/2006 12:22:55 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
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Advisor Vol.: 05  No.: 04
Date:    1983  Page(s): 15

Book Review: Ongoing Manipulation

Author          
Posted: 8/11/2004 1:54:58 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
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Cult Observer Vol.: 13  No.: 02
Date:    1996  Page(s): 9

Book Review: Psychology of the Guru

Author          
Posted: 8/11/2004 1:56:44 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
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Cult Observer Vol.: 13  No.: 05
Date:    1996  Page(s):  

Book Review: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships

Author          
Posted: 4/17/2008 6:04:13 AM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Review Vol.: 05  No.: 01
Date:    2006  Page(s): Web Version

Book Review: The Serpent Rising: A Journey of Spiritual Seduction

Author Ayella  Marybeth     
Posted: 1/23/2006 12:21:35 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
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Cultic Studies Review Vol.: 04  No.: 03
Date:    2005  Page(s): 1

Book Review: "Blessings of Liberty" At What Price?

Author          
Posted: 2/25/2002 8:26:39 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:  Unification Church (Sun Myung Moon)

Publication
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Cult Observer Vol.: 03  No.: 01/02
Date:    1986  Page(s): 24-27

Book Review: "Cult" Alert

Author Szimhart  Joseph  P.  
Posted: 7/30/2001 4:58:58 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
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Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 17  No.: 01
Date:    2000  Page(s): 211-213

Book Review: "Cults: What Parents Should Know"

Author Lenz  Robert     
Posted: 3/15/2004 8:27:21 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cult Observer Vol.: 05  No.: 05
Date:    1988  Page(s): 8, 9

Book Review: "It is Not Fantasy, it is the Church of Scientology"

Author          
Posted: 2/16/2002 11:20:36 AM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:  Scientology (L Ron Hubbard)

Publication
:
Cult Observer Vol.: 03  No.: 08
Date:    1986  Page(s): 12

Book Review: "The Anti-Cult Movement in America"

Author MacLeod  Charles  R.  
Posted: 2/16/2002 11:21:18 AM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
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Cult Observer Vol.: 03  No.: 08
Date:    1986  Page(s): 13

Book Review: “Dianetics and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed"

Author Fergusen  Miles     
Posted: 4/14/2003 3:05:04 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:  Scientology (L Ron Hubbard)

Publication
:
Cult Observer Vol.: 07  No.: 05
Date:    1990  Page(s): 17, 18

Book Review: “O” is for Orange

Author Rudin  Marcia     
Posted: 1/2/2004 2:32:30 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:  Rajneesh,Osho,Orange People (Bagwan Shree Rajneesh)

Publication
:
Cult Observer Vol.: 01  No.: 02
Date:    1984  Page(s): 21-23

Book Review: “The Magnetism of Cults”

Author          
Posted: 12/15/2006 7:43:50 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:  Book Review

Publication
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Advisor Vol.: 06  No.: 02
Date:    1984  Page(s): 15

Book Review: 1984 – ONCE MORE

Author Debold  Walter     
Posted: 9/19/2003 1:02:30 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

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

Book Review: 400 Years of Imaginary Friends

Author Szimhart  Joseph   P.  
Posted: 7/30/2001 5:01:40 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 17  No.: 01
Date:    2000  Page(s): 214-216

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

Book Review: A Different Gospel

Author          
Posted: 10/4/1999 2:27:36 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
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Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 06  No.: 01
Date:    1989  Page(s): 105-107

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

Book Review: A Matter of Basic Principles: Bill Gothard and the Christian Life

Author          
Posted: 12/27/2004 7:42:31 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

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

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

Book Review: Abducted: How People Come to Believe They Were Abducted by Aliens

Author Burks  Ron     
Posted: 5/1/2007 4:05:27 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:  Abduction

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Review Vol.: 06  No.: 01
Date:    2007  Page(s): 82-83

Book Review: Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome: Breaking the Ties that Bind

Author Goldberg  Lorna     
Posted: 4/5/2008 10:21:52 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Review Vol.: 07  No.: 01
Date:    2008  Page(s): 57-63

Book Review: All the Emperor's Men

Author          
Posted:    Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
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Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 13  No.: 02
Date:    1996  Page(s): 221-225

Book Review: All the Fishes Come Home to Roost: An American Misfit in India

Author Robbins  Thomas     
Posted: 8/11/2006 11:03:51 AM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Review Vol.: 05  No.: 01
Date:    2006  Page(s): 153-158

Book Review: America's Alternative Religions

Author Dole  Arthur  A.  
Posted: 2/11/2000 4:48:49 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 13  No.: 01
Date:    1996  Page(s): 116-119

Book Review: Anatomy of a Life Possessed by Maria Ferrara Pema

Author Szimhart  Joseph  P.  
Posted: 11/25/2002 6:33:25 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group: tp_personalaccount 

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

Book Review: Anti-Cult Movements in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Author Dole  Arthur  A.  
Posted: 3/29/2000 3:56:22 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 16  No.: 02
Date:    1999  Page(s): 203-205

Book Review: Apologetics in the New Age

Author          
Posted: 2/14/2000 6:57:57 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
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Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 09  No.: 02
Date:    1992  Page(s): 258-260

Book Review: Awesome Families: The Promise of Healing Relationships in the International Churches of Christ

Author Lalich  Janja     
Posted: 5/1/2007 3:04:56 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:  International Churches of Christ (Kip McKean)

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Review Vol.: 06  No.: 01
Date:    2007  Page(s): 77-79

Book Review: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Author Szimhart  Joseph     
Posted: 12/12/2007 2:02:50 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Review Vol.: 06  No.: 03
Date:    2007  Page(s): 312-315

Book Review: Banned Book on Scientology Worth Reading

Author          
Posted: 6/23/2004 4:35:55 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:  Scientology (L Ron Hubbard)

Publication
:
Advisor Vol.: 02  No.: 05
Date:    1980  Page(s): 16

Book Review: Behind the Watchtower Curtain

Author          
Posted: 2/14/2000 4:53:11 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 08  No.: 01
Date:    1991  Page(s): 080-081

Book Review: Best History of Jones and Peoples Temple

Author Evans  M.  A.  
Posted: 11/13/2006 3:44:21 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:  Jonestown,Peoples Temple (Jim Jones)

Publication
:
Advisor Vol.: 05  No.: 03
Date:    1983  Page(s): 14,15

Book Review: Betrayal of the Spirit

Author Szimhart  Joseph  P.  
Posted: 2/11/2000 3:23:30 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 14  No.: 02
Date:    1997  Page(s): 309-311

Book Review: Bhagwan: The God That Failed

Author Milne  Hugh      
Posted: 3/8/2002 3:07:00 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:  Rajneesh,Osho,Orange People (Bagwan Shree Rajneesh)

Publication
:
Cult Observer Vol.: 04  No.: 02
Date:    1987  Page(s): 9

Book Review: Bibliography on “Cults” and “Brainwashing”

Author          
Posted: 8/14/2006 1:32:22 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group: tp_brainwashing,tp_conversion,tp_mindcontrol,tp_thoughtreformBrainwashing

Publication
:
Advisor Vol.: 03  No.: 03
Date:    1981  Page(s): 15

Book Review: Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke

Author Szimhart  Joseph  P.  
Posted: 11/25/2002 6:36:47 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group: tp_political 

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

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

Book Review: Book (Off the) Mark ("Cults, Faith Healing, and Coercion")

Author Singer  Margaret  T.  
Posted: 3/15/2004 8:02:03 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cult Observer Vol.: 06  No.: 05
Date:    1989  Page(s): 20, 22

Book Review: Book Calls Christian Science a “Cult” - The Religion that Kills

Author          
Posted: 3/15/2004 8:03:57 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:  Christian Science (Mary Baker Eddy)

Publication
:
Cult Observer Vol.: 17  No.: 03
Date:    2000  Page(s):  

Book Review: Book Critical of CUT - 400 Years of Imaginary Friends

Author          
Posted: 8/21/2000 4:14:33 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:  Church Universal and Triumphant (Elizabeth Clare Prophet)

Publication
:
Cult Observer Vol.: 17  No.: 01
Date:    2000  Page(s):  

Book Review: Book on Exit Counseling

Author          
Posted: 8/11/2004 1:55:49 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group: tp_intervention 

Publication
:
Cult Observer Vol.: 17  No.: 01
Date:    2000  Page(s):  

Book Review: Book on Health Quackery Includes Cults

Author Barney  K.  H.  
Posted: 8/14/2006 1:36:44 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group: tp_altmedicineAlternative Health

Publication
:
Advisor Vol.: 03  No.: 03
Date:    1981  Page(s): 15

Book Review: Book on Koresh, Davidians

Author          
Posted: 9/15/2003 4:44:45 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:  Branch Davidian (David Koresh)

Publication
:
Cult Observer Vol.: 12  No.: 02
Date:    1995  Page(s): 6

Book Review: Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults

Author Lalich  Janja     
Posted: 4/13/2005 1:28:34 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Review Vol.: 04  No.: 01
Date:    2005  Page(s): 65-69

Book Review: Boy Soldiers

Author          
Posted: 6/30/1999 1:51:36 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 16  No.: 01
Date:    1999  Page(s): 080, 081

Book Review: Captive Hearts, Captive Minds

Author          
Posted: 2/12/2000 8:39:30 AM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 10  No.: 01
Date:    1993  Page(s): 086-090

Book Review: Captives of a Concept: Understanding the Illusionary Concept that Holds Jehovah’s Witnesses Captive

Author Rudin  Marcia     
Posted: 1/5/2007 1:00:36 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:  Jehovahs Witnesses

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Review Vol.: 05  No.: 03
Date:    2006  Page(s): 445-446

Book Review: Carnival of Souls

Author Barney  Marian  H.  
Posted: 5/1/2004 11:54:00 AM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Advisor Vol.: 01  No.: 02
Date:    1979  Page(s): 7-8

Book Review: Cassadaga: The South’s Oldest Spiritual Community

Author Szimhart  Joseph  P.  
Posted: 3/9/2008 8:48:06 AM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group: tp_occultNew Age Misc,Spiritualist

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Review Vol.: 01  No.: 02
Date:    2002  Page(s): Web Version

Book Review: Catholic Cult Course

Author Ross  Joan  Carol  
Posted: 12/4/2006 4:56:03 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Advisor Vol.: 05  No.: 04
Date:    1983  Page(s): 15

Book Review: Charles Mason Remey and the Bahá'í Faith

Author          
Posted: 12/27/2004 7:51:57 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

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

Book Review: Christian Millenarianism: From the Early Church to Waco

Author Borgman  Dean     
Posted: 9/19/2003 12:23:52 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

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

Book Review: Christians in the Crossfire

Author Lemieux  Christina  M.  
Posted: 2/11/2000 4:55:53 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 13  No.: 01
Date:    1996  Page(s): 122, 123

Book Review: Churches That Abuse

Author Pinson  Maxine      
Posted: 2/14/2000 6:55:04 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group: tp_abuse_churches 

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 09  No.: 02
Date:    1992  Page(s): 254-258

Book Review: Churches That Abuse

Author          
Posted: 2/12/2000 8:30:28 AM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group: tp_abuse_churches 

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 10  No.: 01
Date:    1993  Page(s): 080-084

Book Review: Churches That Abuse

Author          
Posted: 9/27/2003 11:40:24 AM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cult Observer Vol.: 09  No.: 04
Date:    1992  Page(s): 6

Book Review: Church-State Relations: Tensions and Transitions

Author          
Posted: 12/8/1999 2:36:11 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 04  No.: 01
Date:    1987  Page(s): 088, 089

Book Review: College Instructor Reveals Cults' Dark Side

Author          
Posted: 5/1/2004 4:47:35 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cult Observer Vol.: 02  No.: 09
Date:    1985  Page(s): 7

Book Review: College Text on Cults

Author Ross  Joan  Carol  
Posted: 12/8/2006 12:22:15 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:  Philip Zimbardo

Publication
:
Advisor Vol.: 05  No.: 05
Date:    1983  Page(s): 15

Book Review: Combatting Cult Mind Control

Author Schecter  Robert  E. Ph.D.
Posted: 8/1/2001 3:39:47 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 06  No.: 01
Date:    1989  Page(s): 101, 102

Book Review: Commentary: Study of Cult Membership Draws Critical Commentary

Author          
Posted: 5/1/2004 4:58:16 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cult Observer Vol.: 02  No.: 01
Date:    1985  Page(s):  

Book Review: Conversion: Book on Conversion and Social Protest

Author          
Posted: 10/30/2002 4:15:39 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group: tp_conversion 

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

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

Book Review: Corporate Cults

Author Tourish  Dennis     
Posted: 7/30/2001 4:32:26 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 17  No.: 01
Date:    2000  Page(s): 195-199

Book Review: Crazy Therapies

Author Harary  Keith     
Posted: 2/11/2000 4:36:47 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 13  No.: 01
Date:    1996  Page(s): 107, 108

Book Review: Cruise-Kidman Divorce “About Scientology”?

Author          
Posted: 5/2/2004 2:40:40 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:  Scientology (L Ron Hubbard)

Publication
:
Cult Observer Vol.: 18  No.: 01
Date:    2001  Page(s):  

Book Review: Cult Controversies

Author          
Posted: 12/8/1999 2:27:03 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 04  No.: 01
Date:    1987  Page(s): 085-087

Book Review: Cult Encounter

Author          
Posted: 5/12/1999 12:56:30 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 15  No.: 02
Date:    1998  Page(s): 234, 235

Book Review: Cult Encounter

Author          
Posted: 5/31/2003 10:42:17 AM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cult Observer Vol.: 14  No.: 04
Date:    1997  Page(s): 4

Book Review: Cults and Christian Warriors

Author          
Posted: 5/3/2004 3:45:41 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cult Observer Vol.: 07  No.: 02
Date:    1990  Page(s): 15

Book Review: Cults and Consequences

Author          
Posted: 2/14/2000 3:40:06 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 05  No.: 02
Date:    1988  Page(s): 254, 255

Book Review: Cults and New Religious Movements, Understanding Cults and New Religions

Author          
Posted: 2/14/2000 4:10:13 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 07  No.: 02
Date:    1990  Page(s): 217-219

Book Review: Cults and Personality

Author          
Posted: 2/14/2000 7:02:27 PM  Type: Doc_bkreview         
Topic/Group:   

Publication
:
Cultic Studies Journal Vol.: 09  No