Cults
By: Norah Piehl, book editor
Series: Issues that concern you; Issues that concern you
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9780737762860
Subjects: Cults; Juvenile literature
Description: Presents essays that cover a variety of topics concerning cults.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-118) and index.
Table of contents: title: There are differences between new religions and cults  -- Mitch Horowitz; title: The difference between established religion and cult can be hard to distinguish  -- Arian Campo-Flores; title: Cults target college students  -- Andrew J. Pulskamp; title: Cult recruitment is not always obvious  -- Lynne Wallis; title: Law enforcement sometimes overreacts to religious sects  -- Andrew Stephen; title: Respected organizations can deteriorate into cults  -- Marc Fisher; title: Even ordinary activities may possess cultlike qualities  -- Catherine Elton; title: Powerful sports programs may appear cultlike to those on the outside  -- Shawn Hubler; title: Confrontations between cults and the government can turn deadly  -- Pamela Colloff; title: Scientology is a cult  -- Amy Scobee, interviewed by Mike Hess; title: The case of Scientology demonstrates the complexity of new religious movements  -- Hugh B. Urban; title: Gang-like cults are a serious problem in Nigeria  -- Economist; title: Falun gong might be a religious movement, a political uprising, or a cult -- Shane Leavy.