Cultic Studies Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1 1988 Page 111
News and Notes
Are You Aware That ...Cults +Students =Exploitation, was the title of the annual
spring conference of the Interfaith Coalition of Concern About Cults of New York. The conference,
which was held May 26th at City University of New York, was designed to educate and inform
about the dangers that occur when an individual becomes involved in a destructive cult.
The XXth International Conference for the Sociology of Religion (CISR) will
take place in Helsinki From August 21-25 1989. The conference theme is ―The State, The Law and
Religion ‖ plenary sessions will deal with ―Models of State Regulation of Religion,‖ ―Pluralism and
Regulatory Bodies,‖ and ―Religion and the Media.‖ For information contact Roland J. Campiche,
General Secretary, CISR, Terreaux 10, 1003 Lausanne, Switzerland.
The Cult Awareness Network National Conference for 1988 will take place on October 21-
23 in Portland, Oregon. The program includes sessions on mental health, law enforcement and
social service, the International Cult Education Program, religious issues, and Cult Awareness
Network affiliate leadership. Full information will be available in August from CAN/Oregon, P. 0.
Box 20997, Portland, Oregon 97220.
Forums on “Hebrew Christianity” and “The New Age Movement, A Jewish
Perspective,” were convened on May 4 and May 19 respectively by the Task Force on
Missionaries and Cults of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, the Associated YM-
YWHAs of Greater New York, and the JCRC Young Leadership Network. The New Age Movement
seminar considered the topics of meditation, holistic medicine, ―potential dangers of the New Age,‖
and ―Jewish Spirituality and the Jewish G-d Within.‖ For information write TFMC, 711 Third
Avenue (12th Floor), New York, New York 10017.
The Cult Awareness Network's Eastern Regional Conference took place March 18-20,
1988 hosted by the group's Washington, D. C. affiliate. The conference was highlighted by a Capitol Hill
lobbying effort aimed to persuade members of Congress to sponsor House Joint Resolution 390
declaring November 13-19 as National Cult Awareness Week.
The Division of Pyschotherapy of the American Psychological Association has
issued a call for manuscripts for a Special Supplement of Psychotherapy on ―Psychotherapy and
Religion‖ to be published in 1989. Guest editors for the supplement are Moshe H. Spero and David
T. Bradford. For information write Donald K. Freedheim, Editor, Psychotherapy, Department of
Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
The Winter 1988 Issue of National Forum: The Phi Kappa Phi Journal, will focus on
the separation of church and state. The guest editor is Delos B. McKown, professor and head of the
Department of Philosophy at Auburn University, and contributors include: Martin Marty of the
University of Chicago, on tolerance and intolerance in American history: Dean M. Kelley of the
National Council of Churches of Christ, on incidents in which religious freedom has recently been
curbed Kenneth S. Saladin, of Georgia College, on municipal church-state litigation and the issue
of standing and John M. Swomley, of St. Paul School of Theology (Kansas City), on the conflict
over funding of education in religious schools.
An Advanced Ritualistic Crime Seminar will be held on September 2224 in Richmond,
Virginia. Sponsored by the American Federation of Police and Bothered About Dungeons and Dragons,
Inc., the program will be presented by police officers experienced in the phenomenon in order to
acquaint other law enforcement officials with ways to identify, understand, investigate, and educate
about the problem. For information write: Pat Pulling, B.A.D.D., Inc., P. 0. Box 5513, Richmond,
Virginia 23220 or Det. Bill Lightfoot, Richmond City Police, at (804) 780-8594.
A Coercive Persuasion Conference sponsored by the Cult Awareness Network Illinois
affiliate and the Continuing Education Services of the University of Wisconsin—Whitewater, took
News and Notes
Are You Aware That ...Cults +Students =Exploitation, was the title of the annual
spring conference of the Interfaith Coalition of Concern About Cults of New York. The conference,
which was held May 26th at City University of New York, was designed to educate and inform
about the dangers that occur when an individual becomes involved in a destructive cult.
The XXth International Conference for the Sociology of Religion (CISR) will
take place in Helsinki From August 21-25 1989. The conference theme is ―The State, The Law and
Religion ‖ plenary sessions will deal with ―Models of State Regulation of Religion,‖ ―Pluralism and
Regulatory Bodies,‖ and ―Religion and the Media.‖ For information contact Roland J. Campiche,
General Secretary, CISR, Terreaux 10, 1003 Lausanne, Switzerland.
The Cult Awareness Network National Conference for 1988 will take place on October 21-
23 in Portland, Oregon. The program includes sessions on mental health, law enforcement and
social service, the International Cult Education Program, religious issues, and Cult Awareness
Network affiliate leadership. Full information will be available in August from CAN/Oregon, P. 0.
Box 20997, Portland, Oregon 97220.
Forums on “Hebrew Christianity” and “The New Age Movement, A Jewish
Perspective,” were convened on May 4 and May 19 respectively by the Task Force on
Missionaries and Cults of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, the Associated YM-
YWHAs of Greater New York, and the JCRC Young Leadership Network. The New Age Movement
seminar considered the topics of meditation, holistic medicine, ―potential dangers of the New Age,‖
and ―Jewish Spirituality and the Jewish G-d Within.‖ For information write TFMC, 711 Third
Avenue (12th Floor), New York, New York 10017.
The Cult Awareness Network's Eastern Regional Conference took place March 18-20,
1988 hosted by the group's Washington, D. C. affiliate. The conference was highlighted by a Capitol Hill
lobbying effort aimed to persuade members of Congress to sponsor House Joint Resolution 390
declaring November 13-19 as National Cult Awareness Week.
The Division of Pyschotherapy of the American Psychological Association has
issued a call for manuscripts for a Special Supplement of Psychotherapy on ―Psychotherapy and
Religion‖ to be published in 1989. Guest editors for the supplement are Moshe H. Spero and David
T. Bradford. For information write Donald K. Freedheim, Editor, Psychotherapy, Department of
Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
The Winter 1988 Issue of National Forum: The Phi Kappa Phi Journal, will focus on
the separation of church and state. The guest editor is Delos B. McKown, professor and head of the
Department of Philosophy at Auburn University, and contributors include: Martin Marty of the
University of Chicago, on tolerance and intolerance in American history: Dean M. Kelley of the
National Council of Churches of Christ, on incidents in which religious freedom has recently been
curbed Kenneth S. Saladin, of Georgia College, on municipal church-state litigation and the issue
of standing and John M. Swomley, of St. Paul School of Theology (Kansas City), on the conflict
over funding of education in religious schools.
An Advanced Ritualistic Crime Seminar will be held on September 2224 in Richmond,
Virginia. Sponsored by the American Federation of Police and Bothered About Dungeons and Dragons,
Inc., the program will be presented by police officers experienced in the phenomenon in order to
acquaint other law enforcement officials with ways to identify, understand, investigate, and educate
about the problem. For information write: Pat Pulling, B.A.D.D., Inc., P. 0. Box 5513, Richmond,
Virginia 23220 or Det. Bill Lightfoot, Richmond City Police, at (804) 780-8594.
A Coercive Persuasion Conference sponsored by the Cult Awareness Network Illinois
affiliate and the Continuing Education Services of the University of Wisconsin—Whitewater, took
