Cults (spiritual, economic, political) and new religious movements
Cults and new religious movements in the US Public
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The Storm is Upon Us by Mike Rothschild
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On October 5th, 2017, President Trump made a cryptic remark in the State Dining Room at a gathering of military …
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The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and …
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When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group that Predicted the Destruction of the World by Leon Festinger, Stanley Schachter, Henry Riecken (Harper torchbooks)
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In 1954 Leon Festinger, a brilliant young experimental social psychologist in the process of outlining a new theory of human …
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Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates
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Men Who Hate Women examines the rise of secretive extremist communities who despise women and traces the roots of misogyny …
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Biblical Porn by Jessica Johnson
Between 1996 and 2014, Mark Driscoll's Mars Hill Church multiplied from its base in Seattle into fifteen facilities spread across …
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American Messiahs by Adam Morris
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Mania surrounding messianic prophets has defined the national consciousness since the American Revolution. From Civil War veteran and virulent anticapitalist …
