Cultic Studies Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1991, Page 2
CONTENTS
Articles
Cult Formation 3
Robert Jay Lifton
The Effect of Religious Cults on Western Mainstream Religion 7
Marcia R. Rudin &A. James Rudin
The Historical Dimension of Cultic Techniques of Persuasion
and Control 26
Lita Linzer Schwartz
Residential Treatment: The Potential for Cultic Evolution 32
David A. Halperin &Arnold Markowitz
Cults in Court 42
Sara Van Hoey
Book Reviews
Behind the Watchtower Curtain: The Secret Society of
Jehovah‟s Witnesses, by David A. Reed. 54
Hero M. Lucas
The Discipling Dilema, by Flavil Yeakley, Jr. (Ed.) 54
Walter Debold
In Pursuit of Satan: The Police and the Occult, by Robert D.
Hicks 56
Frank J. MacHovec
Money and Power in New Religions, by J. T. Richardson (Ed.) 57
Frank J. MacHovec
The New Age Rage by Karen Hoyt and the Spiritual
Counterfeits Project 58
Lawrence Levy
Leaving Cults: The Dynamics of Defection, by Stuart A. Wright 59
Arthur A. Dole
*Note: these pages referenced are different than the original published journal. Please check the end of each
article for the original pagination.
CONTENTS
Articles
Cult Formation 3
Robert Jay Lifton
The Effect of Religious Cults on Western Mainstream Religion 7
Marcia R. Rudin &A. James Rudin
The Historical Dimension of Cultic Techniques of Persuasion
and Control 26
Lita Linzer Schwartz
Residential Treatment: The Potential for Cultic Evolution 32
David A. Halperin &Arnold Markowitz
Cults in Court 42
Sara Van Hoey
Book Reviews
Behind the Watchtower Curtain: The Secret Society of
Jehovah‟s Witnesses, by David A. Reed. 54
Hero M. Lucas
The Discipling Dilema, by Flavil Yeakley, Jr. (Ed.) 54
Walter Debold
In Pursuit of Satan: The Police and the Occult, by Robert D.
Hicks 56
Frank J. MacHovec
Money and Power in New Religions, by J. T. Richardson (Ed.) 57
Frank J. MacHovec
The New Age Rage by Karen Hoyt and the Spiritual
Counterfeits Project 58
Lawrence Levy
Leaving Cults: The Dynamics of Defection, by Stuart A. Wright 59
Arthur A. Dole
*Note: these pages referenced are different than the original published journal. Please check the end of each
article for the original pagination.



























































