Cultic Studies Journal, Vol. 18, 2001, Page 66
Lifton, R. J. (1997). Beyond Armageddon: New patterns of ultimate violence. Modern Psychoanalysis,
22 (1), 17-29.
Lifton, R. J. (1999). Destroying the world to save it. New York: Metropolitan Books (Henry Holt and
Co.).
MacHovec, F. (1992). Cults: Forensic and therapeutic aspects. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 10,
31-37.
Malcarne, V. L., &Burchard, J. D. (1992). Investigations of child abuse/neglect allegations in religious
cults: A case study in Vermont. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 10, 75-88.
McDowell, P. (2000, January 28). Myanmar rebel group God‘s Army is on run after attacks on its
base. The Philadelphia Inquirer, p. A5.
Medd, R., &Goldstein, F. (1997). International terrorism on the eve of a new millennium. Studies in
Conflict &Terrorism, 20, 281-316.
―News update‖ (1994). Scientology attacks German government. Cult Awareness Network News, 10
(11), pp. 3, 5.
Niebuhr, G. (1999, December 26). Alternative religions as a growth industry. The New York Times,
pp. C1, C3.
Oakes, L. (1997). Prophetic charisma: The psychology of revolutionary religious personalities.
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.
Palmer, S. J. (1994). Moon sisters, Krishna mothers, Rajneesh lovers: Women’s roles in new
religions. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.
Polish opposition to Children of God (1994). Th e Cult Observer, 11 (8), p. 8.
Rosedale, H. L. (1995). Women and cults: A lawyer‘s perspective. Cultic Studies Journal, 12, 187-
194.
Rosen, S. (1997). Gender attributes that affect women‘s attraction to and involvement in cults. Cultic
Studies Journal, 14, 22-29.
Rosin, H. (1999, December 28). Apocalypse when? Former doomsayers say probably not now. The
Philadelphia Inquirer, p. A3.
Schwartz, L. L. (1991). Resisting the power of religious cults. In W. A. Rhodes &W. K. Brown (Eds.),
Why some children succeed despite the odds (pp. 159-170). New York: Praegar.
Schwartz, L. L. (1998). Help! My child has joined a cult. In U.P. Gielen &A.L. Comunian (Eds.).
Family and Family Therapy in International Perspective. Trieste, Italy: Edizioni Lint Trieste.
Schwartz, L. L. (1999). Cults: Predisposed to communal violence? In H. V. Hall &L. C. Whitaker,
(Eds.). Collective violence: Effective strategies for assessing and interviewing in fatal group and
institutional aggression (pp. 239-257). Boca Raton,. FL: CRC Press.
Schwartz, L. L., &Kaslow, F. W. (1982). The cult phenomenon: Historical, sociological, and familial
factors contributing to their development and appeal. In F. Kaslow &M. B. Sussman, Eds., Cults
and the family (pp. 3-30). New York: Haworth Press.
Schwartz, L. L., &Kaslow, F. W. (1997). Painful partings: Divorce and its aftermath. New York: John
Wiley &Son.
Schwartz, L. L., &Kaslow, F. W. (2001). The cult phenomenon: A turn-of-the-century update.
American Journal of Family Therapy, 29, 13-22.
Sims, C. (2000, January 24). Japan sect‘s name change brings confusion and fear. The New York
Times, p. A8.
Stewart, K. H. (1999, December 30). Holy Y2K! Millennial cults and TEOTWAWKI. Cambridge
Scientific Abstracts [http://www.csa?.com/hottopics/y2k/oview.html/]
Weber, E. (1999). Apocalypses: Prophecies, cults, and millennial beliefs through the ages.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
West, L. J., &Langone, M. D. (1986). Cultism: A conference for scholars and policy makers. Cultic
Studies Journal, 3, 117-134.
**********
Lita Linzer Schwartz, Ph.D., A.B.P.P. (Forensic Psychology) is Distinguished Professor
Emerita at The Pennsylvania State University. She has studied cults for more than a
quarter-century, and has also written extensively on the family, on adoption, surrogate
parenting, and divorce, on gifted children, and on neonaticide, infanticide, and filicide.
Lifton, R. J. (1997). Beyond Armageddon: New patterns of ultimate violence. Modern Psychoanalysis,
22 (1), 17-29.
Lifton, R. J. (1999). Destroying the world to save it. New York: Metropolitan Books (Henry Holt and
Co.).
MacHovec, F. (1992). Cults: Forensic and therapeutic aspects. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 10,
31-37.
Malcarne, V. L., &Burchard, J. D. (1992). Investigations of child abuse/neglect allegations in religious
cults: A case study in Vermont. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 10, 75-88.
McDowell, P. (2000, January 28). Myanmar rebel group God‘s Army is on run after attacks on its
base. The Philadelphia Inquirer, p. A5.
Medd, R., &Goldstein, F. (1997). International terrorism on the eve of a new millennium. Studies in
Conflict &Terrorism, 20, 281-316.
―News update‖ (1994). Scientology attacks German government. Cult Awareness Network News, 10
(11), pp. 3, 5.
Niebuhr, G. (1999, December 26). Alternative religions as a growth industry. The New York Times,
pp. C1, C3.
Oakes, L. (1997). Prophetic charisma: The psychology of revolutionary religious personalities.
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.
Palmer, S. J. (1994). Moon sisters, Krishna mothers, Rajneesh lovers: Women’s roles in new
religions. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.
Polish opposition to Children of God (1994). Th e Cult Observer, 11 (8), p. 8.
Rosedale, H. L. (1995). Women and cults: A lawyer‘s perspective. Cultic Studies Journal, 12, 187-
194.
Rosen, S. (1997). Gender attributes that affect women‘s attraction to and involvement in cults. Cultic
Studies Journal, 14, 22-29.
Rosin, H. (1999, December 28). Apocalypse when? Former doomsayers say probably not now. The
Philadelphia Inquirer, p. A3.
Schwartz, L. L. (1991). Resisting the power of religious cults. In W. A. Rhodes &W. K. Brown (Eds.),
Why some children succeed despite the odds (pp. 159-170). New York: Praegar.
Schwartz, L. L. (1998). Help! My child has joined a cult. In U.P. Gielen &A.L. Comunian (Eds.).
Family and Family Therapy in International Perspective. Trieste, Italy: Edizioni Lint Trieste.
Schwartz, L. L. (1999). Cults: Predisposed to communal violence? In H. V. Hall &L. C. Whitaker,
(Eds.). Collective violence: Effective strategies for assessing and interviewing in fatal group and
institutional aggression (pp. 239-257). Boca Raton,. FL: CRC Press.
Schwartz, L. L., &Kaslow, F. W. (1982). The cult phenomenon: Historical, sociological, and familial
factors contributing to their development and appeal. In F. Kaslow &M. B. Sussman, Eds., Cults
and the family (pp. 3-30). New York: Haworth Press.
Schwartz, L. L., &Kaslow, F. W. (1997). Painful partings: Divorce and its aftermath. New York: John
Wiley &Son.
Schwartz, L. L., &Kaslow, F. W. (2001). The cult phenomenon: A turn-of-the-century update.
American Journal of Family Therapy, 29, 13-22.
Sims, C. (2000, January 24). Japan sect‘s name change brings confusion and fear. The New York
Times, p. A8.
Stewart, K. H. (1999, December 30). Holy Y2K! Millennial cults and TEOTWAWKI. Cambridge
Scientific Abstracts [http://www.csa?.com/hottopics/y2k/oview.html/]
Weber, E. (1999). Apocalypses: Prophecies, cults, and millennial beliefs through the ages.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
West, L. J., &Langone, M. D. (1986). Cultism: A conference for scholars and policy makers. Cultic
Studies Journal, 3, 117-134.
**********
Lita Linzer Schwartz, Ph.D., A.B.P.P. (Forensic Psychology) is Distinguished Professor
Emerita at The Pennsylvania State University. She has studied cults for more than a
quarter-century, and has also written extensively on the family, on adoption, surrogate
parenting, and divorce, on gifted children, and on neonaticide, infanticide, and filicide.
