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1WBurkert Ancient Mystery Cults Cambridge 1987 18. Genre: . Mystery. - a story in which the characters and the reader must use clues to find an explanation for a troubling event.. *. assign. ments. Work or task. Something you have to do.. Ex. Homework . 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?. Cults. Any non-conforming group or religious sect outside the norms of society. Cults. 5 traits:. 1. Charismatic leader claiming to have all the answers; beliefs cannot be questioned. 2. Only members will be saved or enlightened. S. trategy That Works! . Jana Kirchner, Ph.D.. Asst. Professor, Teacher Education. Western Kentucky University . (Jana.kirchner@wku.edu). NCSS . Conference. November 21, 2014. What is it that fascinates us about mysteries?. Brainwashing. Cults. What distinguishes a harmful cult from a relatively harmless new religious movement or self-help group?. 1) Characteristics of Cults:. A captivating and authoritarian leader who claims to have all the answers to life.. 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. Mystery Skype is an educational game where your class Skypes with another class somewhere else in the world. However, neither class knows where the other one is located. The goal is for each class to determine where the other is located using critical thinking and geography skills.. 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.. 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. Homer: Early Life. Son of . Epikaste and . Telemachus. Born: around 800 BC (8. th. -9. th. century . BC). Got an education. Was a court singer . Lived either in Chios or Ionia. Blind: . G. reeks thought that being blind gave you insight. Aulis. 1. Why??. Why?. Clip, Michael Cacoyannis’ . Iphigenia. . (1977). That’s why?.... IPHIGENIA. It is unthinkable that this . man [Achilles] . should pit himself against the whole of Argos . . AND. THE MYSTERY CULTS. The term “mystery cult” is used to refer to certain religious organizations which flourished in Ancient Greece and Rome. Membership in these organizations was closed, with proceedings only open to chosen initiates, and these groups were extremely secretive by nature. .