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Correspondents’ Reports
10
We Disagree—Let’s Talk!
Lorna Goldberg
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News Desk
2
Lessons From Adjacent Fields:
Cults and Radical Extremist Groups
Rod Dubrow-Marshall, Maarten van de
Donk, and Wessel Haanstra
ICSA Today, Volume 10, No. 1, 2019
Editor-in-Chief
Michael D. Langone, PhD
Associate Editor
Ann Stamler, MA, MPhil
Family Editor
Lois Svoboda, MD, LMFT
Member Profiles Editor
Mary O’Connell
Mental Health Editor
Gillie Jenkinson, PhD
Research Coeditors
Linda Dubrow-Marshall, PhD
Rod Dubrow-Marshall, PhD
Point of View -Q&A
William Goldberg, MSW, LCSW
Correspondents
Austria/Germany
Friedrich Griess
Eastern Europe
Piotr T. Nowakowski, PhD
French-Speaking Countries
Catherine Perry, PhD
Italy
Dr. Cristina Caparesi
Nordic Countries
Joni Valkila, PhD
Håkan Järvå, MSc Psych
Spain and Latin America
Luis Santamaria, SThL
Erika Toren, MSEd
Paul Lennon
News Desk
Ana Rodriguez
Patrick Ryan
Writing Consultant
Sharon Hamm
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Arts: Poetry
Katharina Meredith
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1979–2019: The Changing
Population of ICSA
Michael D. Langone
20
Profile On...
Marcia Rudin
It has been brought to our attention that the graphic accompanying “Deception in Transcendental
Meditation” in ICSA Today 9.3 contained an image of Buddha, whereas TM’s roots are in the
Hindu religion. Though more properly associated with Buddhism, the Buddha is often associated
with meditation in general. Nevertheless, we apologize to the author and our readers for the
misleading association.
26
Book Reviews
Andrea Moore-Emmett and
Doug Duncan
30
Pink Slip
Ken Garret
22
Awards Presented at ICSA’s
2018 Annual Conference
On the cover: Contributing ICSA Today designer Jude Iannelli created this special
anniversary graphic using the covers of every issue published since 2010.
the views of ICSA Today’s editors or editorial boards or of ICSA’s directors, advisors, or staff. Groups
analyzed or mentioned in ICSA Today are not necessarily cults, nor are they necessarily harmful.
Table of Contents
Note to our readers regarding website addresses (URLs): For all http website addresses, such as
http://www.icsahome.com, ICSA Today uses only the shortened address form (icsahome.com). In
all instances when the basic address is other than http, such as https or ftp, we give the full
address. Please keep this in mind when exploring sites mentioned in ICSA Today.
33
Correspondents’ Reports
10
We Disagree—Let’s Talk!
Lorna Goldberg
36
News Desk
2
Lessons From Adjacent Fields:
Cults and Radical Extremist Groups
Rod Dubrow-Marshall, Maarten van de
Donk, and Wessel Haanstra
ICSA Today, Volume 10, No. 1, 2019
Editor-in-Chief
Michael D. Langone, PhD
Associate Editor
Ann Stamler, MA, MPhil
Family Editor
Lois Svoboda, MD, LMFT
Member Profiles Editor
Mary O’Connell
Mental Health Editor
Gillie Jenkinson, PhD
Research Coeditors
Linda Dubrow-Marshall, PhD
Rod Dubrow-Marshall, PhD
Point of View -Q&A
William Goldberg, MSW, LCSW
Correspondents
Austria/Germany
Friedrich Griess
Eastern Europe
Piotr T. Nowakowski, PhD
French-Speaking Countries
Catherine Perry, PhD
Italy
Dr. Cristina Caparesi
Nordic Countries
Joni Valkila, PhD
Håkan Järvå, MSc Psych
Spain and Latin America
Luis Santamaria, SThL
Erika Toren, MSEd
Paul Lennon
News Desk
Ana Rodriguez
Patrick Ryan
Writing Consultant
Sharon Hamm
Bios of ICSA Today editors can be found at
icsahome.com/elibrary/people
International Cultic Studies Association
P.O. Box 2265 • Bonita Springs, FL 34133
Website: icsahome.com
Email: mail@icsamail.com
Phone: 239.514.3081
Fax: 305.393.8193
ISSN: 2154-820X
Printed in the USA
Artists and poets retain copyright
of their works and grant ICSA permission
to reproduce them. Unless otherwise
indicated, all other material copyright
International Cultic Studies Association.
16
Arts: Poetry
Katharina Meredith
25
1979–2019: The Changing
Population of ICSA
Michael D. Langone
20
Profile On...
Marcia Rudin
It has been brought to our attention that the graphic accompanying “Deception in Transcendental
Meditation” in ICSA Today 9.3 contained an image of Buddha, whereas TM’s roots are in the
Hindu religion. Though more properly associated with Buddhism, the Buddha is often associated
with meditation in general. Nevertheless, we apologize to the author and our readers for the
misleading association.
26
Book Reviews
Andrea Moore-Emmett and
Doug Duncan
30
Pink Slip
Ken Garret
22
Awards Presented at ICSA’s
2018 Annual Conference
On the cover: Contributing ICSA Today designer Jude Iannelli created this special
anniversary graphic using the covers of every issue published since 2010.
