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Cults are on the rise today with recruitment practices targeting all segments of society including the elderly A former cult member and one of Americas leading experts in counseling people involved in cults Steven Hassan exposes the troubling facts about destructive cults religious political psychotherapeutical commercial and educational. RELS 225: Cults and New Religious Movements. Agenda. Attendance. Exam description. Review. Essay. Course Evaluations. The Midterm Test. The midterm test will . include . multiple choice, . passage identification, definitions. Higgins O’Brien. Spring 2012. The authors define a cult as a “loosely structured and unconventional form of religious group, whose members are held together by a charismatic leader who mobilizes their loyalty around some new religious cause”. By Steven Tobey . What is a cult?. a small religious group that is not part of a larger and more accepted religion and that has beliefs regarded by many people as extreme or . dangerous are you kidding me?. Using the tools of Social Psychology to Manipulate. The Manson Family. Lead by Charles Manson. Lived on a Ranch together. Charles Manson believed he was interpreting special meanings from The Beatles; The White Album.. CULTS. b. y June Hunt. What Is a Cult. ? . A cult is a . sect or group of people. that holds to deviant . doctrines. A cult is a . system of religious beliefs. that distorts orthodox Biblical doctrine. “brainwashing,” mind control, cult conversion, and deprogramming. Roots of cultic research. POW camps in the Korean war: emergence of the term “brainwashing”. “. When Prophecy Fails. : . Festinger. What is a Cult. Every cult can be defined as a group having all of the following five characteristics:. 1. It uses psychological coercion to recruit, indoctrinate and retain its members. 2. It forms an elitist totalitarian society.. in the Roman World. a Thomas Barto presentation. The Origins of the Cult. Like many mystery cults, considered an “Eastern religion”. Connections to the Indo-European . Mitra. , worshipped in Persia and North India. What is the difference between:. A church. A denomination. A sect. A cult. Roy Wallis (1976) - . divided organizations into respectable (uniquely legitimate or pluralistically legitimate) or deviant. What is the difference between:. A church. A denomination. A sect. A cult. Roy Wallis (1976) - . divided organizations into respectable (uniquely legitimate or pluralistically legitimate) or deviant. Renee Gendron MA, . Presented at the 2010 ASAC Conference. May 21-25, 2010 Regina, SK. Organizational culture has been defined as “written and unwritten expectations of behavior (rules and norms) that influence members of the organization”(Ross, 1995, p. 346).. Religions. Difference between cults and religions. Deceit in recruitment. Totalitarian. Destroys the family unit. Isolates its members. Keeps non-believers out. Leader and follower consider the Leader to be above reproach. A former cult member, now a counselor helping those affected by destructive cults, Hassan exposes the troubling facts about cults\' recruitment, their use of psychological manipulation, and their often subtle influence on government, the legal system, and society as a whole.  This updated paperback edition includes a new preface by the author and an expanded bibliography and resource list.  Eileen Aveni, LCSW, LMSW, ACSW, BCD. Identifying Ritual Abuse (RA) & Mind Control (MC). Complex but there are common indicators.. Most survivors will have many of these common indicators or clues..