Introduction: The Book and The Subject.

1. The Study of New Religious Movements:.

Eileen Barker, The Scientific Study Of Religion? You Must Be Joking!.

James A. Beckford, The Continuum Between "Cults" and "Normal" Religion.

2. The Nature of New Religious Movements:.

Roy Wallis, Three Types of New Religious Movement.

William Sins Bainbridge and Rodney Stark, Cult Formation: Three Compatible Models.

3. New Religious Movements in Historical and Social Context:.

Philip Jenkins, False Prophets And Deluded Subjects: The Nineteenth Century.

Robert Wuthnow, The New Spiritual Freedom.

4. Joining New Religious Movements:.

Lorne L. Dawson, "Who Joins New Religious Movements And Why: Twenty Years Of Research And What Have We Learned?.

Saul Levine, The Joiners.

5. The 'Brainwashing' Controversy:.

Margaret Thales Singer, The Process Of Brainwashing, Psychological Coercion, And Thought Reform.

James T. Richardson, A Critique Of 'Brainwashing' Claims About New Religious Movements.

Thomas Robbins, Constructing Cultist 'Mind Control'.

6. Violence and New Religious Movements:.

John R. Hall, The Apocalypse At Jonestown.

Jean-Francois Mayer, "Our Terrestrial Journey is Coming to an End": The Last Voyage of the Solar Temple.

7. Sex and Gender Issues and New Religious Movements:.

Elizabeth Puttick, Women In New Religious Movements.

Susan J. Palmer, Women's 'Cocoon Work' In New Religious Movements: Sexual Experimentation And Feminine Rites Of Passage.

8. New Religious Movements and The Future:

Rodney Stark, Why Religious Movements Succeed Or Fail: A Revised General Model.

Lorne L. Dawson And Jenna Hennebry, New Religions And The Internet: Recruiting In A New Public.