New Religious Movements, Countermovements, Moral Panics, and the Media

Teaching New Religious Movements

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Richardson, James T ^a   Introvigne, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Center for the Study of New Religion (CESNUR)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti cult movements; Brainwashing; Counter cult movements; Cult wars; Deprogramming; Social construction; The media

Indexed keywords

EID: 68849112642     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195177299.003.0005     Document Type: Chapter

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