Recommended Reading

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Essential Reading: Ian Haworth, Cults: A Practical Guide. London: Cult Information Centre, 2001. Pbk. ISBN: 1873166842. pp.44. £3.99. To find out more or to order click HERE Steven Hassan, Combatting Cult Mind Control. Park Street Press, 1990. Pbk. ISBN: 0892813113. pp.236. Steven Hassan, Releasing The Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves. Freedom of Mind Press, 2000. Hbk. ISBN: 0967068800. pp.416.

American Family Foundation, Cults: What Parents Should Know: A Practical Guide to Help Parents With Children in Destructive Groups. Carol Publishing Corp., 1989. Pbk. ISBN: 0818405112.

Robert B. Cialdini, Influence: Science & Practice. Allyn & Bacon, 2000. Pbk. ISBN: 0321011473. pp.260.

Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman, Snapping: America's Epidemic of Sudden Personality Change. Still Point Press, 1995. Pbk. ISBN: 0964765004. pp.401.

Ronald Enroth, Churches that Abuse Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992. Pbk. ISBN: 0310532906. pp.231.

Nansook Hong, In the Shadow of the Moons : My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family. Little Brown & CO., 1998. Hbk. ISBN: 0316348163. pp.288.

Michael D. Langone, editor. Recovery from Cults: Help for Victims of Psychological and Spiritual Abuse. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1995. Pbk. ISBN: 0393313212.

David Johnson & Jeff Vanvonderen, The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse. Bethany House Publishers, 1991. Pbk. ISBN: 1556611609. pp.235.

Bob Larson, Larson's New Book of Cults. Tyndale House Publishers Inc., 1989. Pbk. ISBN: 0842328602. pp.499.

Deborah Layton, Seductive Poison. Aurum Press, 1998. Pbk. ISBN: 1854106007. pp.324.

Robert Lifton, Thought Reform & the Psychology of Totalism. Norton Press.

Walter Martin, The New Cults. Vision House Publishers Inc. George A. Mather, Larry A. Nichols, Alvin J. Schmidt (Editor), Dictionary of Cults, Sects, Religions and the Occult. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993. Hbk. ISBN: 0310531004. pp.384. D.R. McConnell, A Different Gospel: Biblical and Historical Insights into the Word of Faith Movement. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 1995. Pbk. ISBN: 1565631323. Una McManus & John Charles Cooper, Dealing with Destructive Cults. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1982. Pbk. ISBN: 031070281X.

Jean Ritchie, The Secret World of Cults. Angus & Robertson. Only available from the Cult Information Centre - £6.00 inc. P&P)

Stanley Milgram, Obedience to Authority. Pinter & Martin, 1997. ISBN: 0953096416. pp.250.

Margaret Singer and Janja Lalich, "Crazy" Therapies: What Are They? Do They Work? Jossey-Bass, 1997. Pbk. ISBN: 0787902780. pp.288.

Margaret Thaler Singer with Janja Lalich, Cults in our Midst . Jossey-Bass, 1996. Pbk. ISBN: 0787902667.

Madeleine Landau Tobias and Janja Lalich, Captive Hearts Captive Minds. Hunter House, 1993. Pbk. ISBN: 0897931440. pp.304.

Books on Specific Groups

Aum Shinrikyo Robert Jay Lifton, Destroying the World to Save It: Aum Shinrikyo, Apocalyptic Violence, and the New Global Terrorism. Owl Books, 2000. Pbk. ISBN: 0805065113. pp.376.

Andrew Cohen

Luna Tarlo, The Mother of God. Plover Press, 1997. Pbk. ISBN: 1570270430. pp.320.

The Family / The Family of God / Children of God / David Berg

Deborah (Linda Berg) Davis with Bill Davis, The Children of God: The Inside Story. Hbk. pp.244. (Only available from the Cult Information Centre - £11.00 postage included to addresses in the UK)

Miriam Williams, Heaven's Harlots: My Fifteen Years as a Sacred Prostitute in the Children of God Cult. William Morrow, & Co. ISBN: 0688170129. pp.312.

Transendental Meditiation / TM

Michael Persinger with Normand J. Carrey & Lynn A. Sues, TM and Cult Mania. Christopher Pub House, 1980. Hbk. ISBN: 0815803923.

Unification Church (Moonies)

Josh Freed, Moonwebs. Virgo Publishing.
(Moonwebs is only available from the Cult Information Centre - £2.50 postage included to addresses in the UK)