CONTENTS
Cults, Religion, and China: Policy Frameworks for the Regulation of
Religious and Quasireligious Groups
Stephen Mutch. .......................................................................................................................................1
Influence of a Charismatic Antisocial Cult Leader: Psychotherapy With an
Ex-Cultist Prosecuted for Criminal Behavior
Lorna Goldberg....................................................................................................................................... 15
Psychological Makeup of a Pakistani Muslim Suicide Bomber:
An Observation-Based Perspective
Aftab Khan................................................................................................................................................ 25
Fiabilidad Test-Retest y Validez Diagnóstica de la Escala de Abuso
Psicológico en Grupo (GPA-S)
Carmen Almendros, José Antonio Carrobles, Álvaro Rodríguez-Carballeira, Manuel
Gámez-Guadix, Omar Saldaña, Rubén García-Sánchez, and Noelia Salazar. .....................35
Religious Justifications for Child Sexual Abuse in Cults and Alternative Religions
Stephen A. Kent. ......................................................................................................................................49
Book Reviews
fathermothergod: My Journey Out of Christian Science (Lucia Greenhouse)
Reviewer: Rita Swan. .............................................................................................................................74
Something Somebody Stole: A Personal Journey to Soul Recovery After 20
Years in a Controversial Religious Cult (Ray Connolly)
Reviewer: Joseph Szimhart................................................................................................................ 76
The Ethics of Evangelism: A Philosophical Defense of Proselytizing and
Persuasion (Elmer John Theissen)
Reviewer: Richard L. Dowhower....................................................................................................... 79
Abstracts (Translations). ...................................................................................................................82
Cults, Religion, and China: Policy Frameworks for the Regulation of
Religious and Quasireligious Groups
Stephen Mutch. .......................................................................................................................................1
Influence of a Charismatic Antisocial Cult Leader: Psychotherapy With an
Ex-Cultist Prosecuted for Criminal Behavior
Lorna Goldberg....................................................................................................................................... 15
Psychological Makeup of a Pakistani Muslim Suicide Bomber:
An Observation-Based Perspective
Aftab Khan................................................................................................................................................ 25
Fiabilidad Test-Retest y Validez Diagnóstica de la Escala de Abuso
Psicológico en Grupo (GPA-S)
Carmen Almendros, José Antonio Carrobles, Álvaro Rodríguez-Carballeira, Manuel
Gámez-Guadix, Omar Saldaña, Rubén García-Sánchez, and Noelia Salazar. .....................35
Religious Justifications for Child Sexual Abuse in Cults and Alternative Religions
Stephen A. Kent. ......................................................................................................................................49
Book Reviews
fathermothergod: My Journey Out of Christian Science (Lucia Greenhouse)
Reviewer: Rita Swan. .............................................................................................................................74
Something Somebody Stole: A Personal Journey to Soul Recovery After 20
Years in a Controversial Religious Cult (Ray Connolly)
Reviewer: Joseph Szimhart................................................................................................................ 76
The Ethics of Evangelism: A Philosophical Defense of Proselytizing and
Persuasion (Elmer John Theissen)
Reviewer: Richard L. Dowhower....................................................................................................... 79
Abstracts (Translations). ...................................................................................................................82
