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Keywords
Lucian of Samosata, Alexander of Abonuteichos, Glycon, narcissism, malignant narcissism,
cults, ancient religion, psychology of religion, new religious movements, sects
Stephen A. Kent, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology and Adjunct Professor of Religious
Studies, University of Alberta (Canada), specializing in the study of ‗cults‘ and alternative
religions. He has published articles in numerous sociology and religious studies journals on a
variety of topics, including Valentinian Gnosticism, ancient Hindu philosophy, Mahayana
Buddhism, Puritanism, Quakerism, fundamentalist Mormon polygamy, and new religions.
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Review 2008, Volume 7,
Number 3, pages 25-253. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the
bound volume. This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.
Kraemer, R. S. (ed.). 2004. Women‟s Religions in the Greco-Roman World. Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
Lys, C. 2005. ―The Violence of Jim Jones: A Biopsychosocial Explanation,‖ Cultic Studies Journal, 4(3),
267–294.
MacDermot, V. 1971. The Cult of the Seer in the Ancient Middle East. A Contribution to Current
Research on Hallucinations Drawn from Coptic and Other Texts. Berkeley: University of California
Press.
Malmquist, C. P. 2005. Homicide: A Psychiatric Perspective. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric
Press.
McDonald, A. H. 1949. “Perseus,” in Cary et. al., 1949, 667.
National Parole Board. 2003. ―NPB Pre-Release Decision Sheet,‖ (April 15): 5pp.
Nock, A. D. 1933. Conversion. The Old and the New in Religion from Alexander the Great to Augustine
of Hippo, 1973 Reprint. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Raine, S. 2005. ―Reconceptualizing the Human Body: Heaven‘s Gate and the Quest for Divine
Transformation,‖ Religion 35, 98–117.
Ronningstam, E. F. 2005. Identifying and Understanding the Narcissistic Personality. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
Rose, H. J. 1949. ―Serpents, Sacred,‖ in Cary, et. al. 1949, 830.
Ross, W. D. 1949. ―Alexander of Abonuteichos,‖ in Cary et. al. 1949, 35.
Schehl, F. A. W. 1949. ―Marcoman(n)i,‖ in Cary et. al., 1949, 537–538.
Sipe, A. W. R. 1990. A Secret World. Sexuality and the Search for Celibacy. New York: Brunner/Mazel
Publishers.
— 1995. Sex, Priests, and Power. Anatomy of a Crisis. New York: Brunner/Mazel Publishers.
— 2003. Celibacy in Crisis. A Secret World Revisited. New York: Brunner-Routledge.
Sutherland, C. H. V. 1949. ―Aurelius, Marcus,‖ in Cary et. al., 1949, 124–125.
Keywords
Lucian of Samosata, Alexander of Abonuteichos, Glycon, narcissism, malignant narcissism,
cults, ancient religion, psychology of religion, new religious movements, sects
Stephen A. Kent, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology and Adjunct Professor of Religious
Studies, University of Alberta (Canada), specializing in the study of ‗cults‘ and alternative
religions. He has published articles in numerous sociology and religious studies journals on a
variety of topics, including Valentinian Gnosticism, ancient Hindu philosophy, Mahayana
Buddhism, Puritanism, Quakerism, fundamentalist Mormon polygamy, and new religions.
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Review 2008, Volume 7,
Number 3, pages 25-253. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the
bound volume. This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.
