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Information on ICSA's 2008 Annual International Conference, June 27-29, 2008.   Preconference workshops for families, ex-members, and mental health professionals on Thursday, June 26, 2008.

                  

Call for Art Work for ICSA 2008 Conference

Ex-Member Workshop - Colorado - July 25-27, 2008

From the Editor's Desk

Janja Lalich’s New Research Project: Seeking People to Interview

 

 

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Darfur project cooks up first for Bronfman prize
FECRIS Hamburg Conference Presentations Online
Michael Langone Interviewed on "Gulf Coast Live"
Mme Lorraine Derocher donnera deux formations
My Big Fat Moonie Wedding
New Support Group in Texas
News From Info-Cult (February 2008)
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) on Legion Suit Against Regain
Wellspring Workshops in Australia
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The Scientific Study of Religion? You Must be Joking!
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Articles

 

CHILD Report on House Hearing on Adolescent Treatment Facilities
Citizen Media Law Project Summary of Gentle Wind Project v. Garvey et al.
Contrasting Secular and Religious Terrorism
Cultish Religious Sects and Politics: The Brethren v. Green Contest and Other Controversies Involving Minor Religious Sects Down Under
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Debunked
Falun Gong and the World: How Many Eight-Years Do We Need? – Comment on Langone (2007)
German Embassy Background Paper on Scientology and Germany
Grassroots Prophecy in the Family International
Muslims Call for Peace with Christians
Narcissistic Fraud in the Ancient World: Lucian's Account of Alexander of Abonuteichos and the Cult of Glycon
Opinion: Faith and Tolerance
Politics and the Pulpit: 2008
Psychologist Survey Regarding Cults
Recent Studies on Religion and Violence
Reply to Xie
Report on House Education and Labor Committee Hearing on Private Therapeutic Residential Facilities for Adolescents and Children
Sects and Cults: A Challenge to Democracy and Human Rights
Some Things I learned During My Seventeen Years in the Hare Krishna Movement
The Internet as a New Place for Sects
The Lucifer effect
The PRC and Falun Gong
Un modèle d’intervention auprès des proches d’adeptes : le concept de co-adepte
Varieties and Prospects of Salafism
Where Have all the Moonies Gone
Zealotry and the American Identity

 

 

Group News
 

 

  13,000 abuse claims in juvie centers
  Al-Qaeda's white army of terror
  Arlington church emerges from bankruptcy after Hornbuckle scandal
  Bankruptcy for AUM cult complete, victims to share 1.5 billion yen
  Beatles Guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Dies
  Bomb Squad Detonates Package Outside Scientology Building
  Controversial Religious Leader Dies
  Court acquits controversial Turkish sect leader
  Court again rebuffs Scientology's lawsuit
  Cult Friction
  Deprogramming Iraqi Detainees
  Exclusive Brethren schools to get $10m subsidy
  Falun Gong members to sue Pasadena leaders
  Fighting Terrorism With Terrorists
  Foreigners Behind Cult Attacks in Iraq
  Funding approved for polygamous 'Safety Net'
  German administrative court upholds government's right to observe Church of Scientology
  Heavy Presence of Chinese Police Quells Rioting in Tibet's Capital
  High Court rules premature baby must be given blood
  Info sought on secret IRS deal with Scientology
  Leader of Russian doomsday sect charged with 'inciting hatred'
  Legionaries' "private vows" abolished?
  Maharishi inspired Beatles but died leaving £2b and rape rumours
  Maharshi's ashes immersed in the Narmada
  Mount Vernon leukemia patient, 14, dies after rejecting transfusions
  Munich Closes Scientologists' Day-Care Center
  Namibia: Scientologists Offer Disaster Management Training
  O.C. official 'insulted' by letter from Chinese government
  Passing of Hubbard has mellowed Scientology
  Pope's exorcist squads will wage war on Satan
  Reinvented Jim Bakker looks a bit like the old
  RELIGION: Founder of Legionaries Dies without Ever Going to Trial
  Russian doomsday sect's cave saved from flooding
  Russian unorthodox
  Scientologists hit back at German newspaper over Cruise-Goebbels comparison
  Scientologists hit back at Kidman blackmail reports
  Scientologists 'threatened to blackmail Nic'
  Scientology critic free after serving four months; Former Brantford resident ordered to avoid negative contact with group
  Scientology taking hits online
  Scientology vs. the Internet, part XVII
  Scourge of Scientology dies in apparent suicide
  Sky Kingdom member jailed 2yrs for apostasy
  Smooth-talking 'swami' built his shell game on eggs
  Tens of thousands attend Maharishi's funeral
  Terrorist sect attack signs raised first in 1977
  The crack of doom - has time run out for the Penza cult?
  The debate on sects continues in France
  The Swami Business
  Tibetan Officials Raise Death Toll to 99
  Ties to Falun Gong add controversy to the Chinese New Year Spectacular
  Unlicensed Scientology kindergartens operating in Tel Aviv
  Waldorf Critics Win Appeal (PLANS News Release)
  When Science Meets the Soul
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Books/Videos

 

 A History Scholar Selects Essential Works About Fanaticism
 Former Cultist Teaches Business Owners And Sales People Persuasive Strategies For Creating A Cult Of Customers
 The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of Satanism
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Books/Video Reviews

 Book Review: Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome: Breaking the Ties that Bind
 Book Review: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
 Book Review: Power Games: Influence, Persuasion and Indoctrination in Psychotherapy Training
 Book Review: The A to Z of New Religious Movements
 Book Review: The Heart of a Cult
 Book Review: The Rhetoric of Religious “Cults”: Terms of Use and Abuse
 Book Review: Weapons of Fraud: A Source Book for Fraud Fighters
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RIP

 

 RIP: Rev. James LeBar
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