PPT-Cults

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. 1)W.Burkert, Ancient Mystery Cults (Cambridge 1987) 18 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?. 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. 1. our terms. please keep in mind: . religious culture & social organization our terms (etic) to analyse something else. analytical terms do not necessarily represent the entire phenomenon, just a dimension. Vas rs cults have long depended upon emotionalism to fill their buildings and billfolds. Mrn fake healer, erronly labeled fith heal- , are profional frenzy experts. Protesant de- sm has dabbled in e 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. CHURCH OF GOD DASMARINAS WORLD MISSION PHILIPPINES DISCIPLESHIP DEPARTMENT RESEARCHED AND EDITED FOR COG DASMARINAS BY RONALD A.CAMILING 2010 2 INTRODUCTION :  DEFENDING THE FAITH IN I “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 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. 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.