Enroth, Ronald, Ph.D.: "Confessions of a Cult Watcher"

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This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Journal, 1988, Volume 5, Number 1, pages 132-135. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the bound volume. This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.

Confessions of a Cult Watcher*

Ronald Enroth, Ph.D.

Westmont College

Abstract

The author's work has been criticized by some as “anti-cult” because, as a Christian, he makes value judgments about cults which point out the dangers of involvement He in turn criticizes the apathy and naiveté of many Christian leaders and intellectuals who defend cults.

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