Cultic Studies Journal, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1986 Page 2
CONTENTS
ARTICLES
Cultism and American Culture
Michael D. Langone 3
The Rabbi and the Sex Cult: Power Expansion in the Formation
Of a Cult 14
Richard Ofshe
Parental Responses to Their Children‘s Cult Membership 27
Lita Linzer Schwartz
My Experience in YWAM: A Personal Account and Critique of
Cultic Manipulation 36
Laurie Jacobson
Some Hazards of the Therapeutic Relationship 57
Jane W. Temerlin
The Utilization of Hypnotic Techniques in Religious Conversion 63
Jesse S. Miller
BOOK REVIEWS
To Secure the Blessings of Liberty: American Constitutional Law and the
New Religious Movements 69
Herbert L. Rosedale
Why Cults Succeed Where the Church Fails 75
Rev. Walter DeBold
The God Hustlers 79
Lita Linzer Schwartz
LETTER
The ―Other Realities‖ Conference – Continued 82
Kevin Garvey
CORRECTION 83
NEWS AND NOTES 84
SELECTED REFERENCES 87
*Note: these pages referenced are different than the original published journal. Please check the end of each
article for the original pagination.
CONTENTS
ARTICLES
Cultism and American Culture
Michael D. Langone 3
The Rabbi and the Sex Cult: Power Expansion in the Formation
Of a Cult 14
Richard Ofshe
Parental Responses to Their Children‘s Cult Membership 27
Lita Linzer Schwartz
My Experience in YWAM: A Personal Account and Critique of
Cultic Manipulation 36
Laurie Jacobson
Some Hazards of the Therapeutic Relationship 57
Jane W. Temerlin
The Utilization of Hypnotic Techniques in Religious Conversion 63
Jesse S. Miller
BOOK REVIEWS
To Secure the Blessings of Liberty: American Constitutional Law and the
New Religious Movements 69
Herbert L. Rosedale
Why Cults Succeed Where the Church Fails 75
Rev. Walter DeBold
The God Hustlers 79
Lita Linzer Schwartz
LETTER
The ―Other Realities‖ Conference – Continued 82
Kevin Garvey
CORRECTION 83
NEWS AND NOTES 84
SELECTED REFERENCES 87
*Note: these pages referenced are different than the original published journal. Please check the end of each
article for the original pagination.
