International Journal of Cultic Studies ■ Vol. 3, 2012 iii
Table of 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
Table of 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
