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Motivation Behind Cult Membership

Recent stories of mass suicides of cult members has led to an interest in the people who join cults and their rationale. Tis paper...

David Koresh's Branch Davidians and Persuasive Techniques

In ten pages this cult's history and its techniques of persuasion are analyzed. Ten sources are cited in the bibliography....

Examination of Charismatic Leadership

and the power of the government to act; it is the implementation of formal rules by the society. The second type of authority that...

Suicide and Cults Explained

Religious cults have been a fact of life for years, but the phenomenon of mass suicides has recently engrossed the public. This pa...

Religious Topics

this movement, they are turned against their families, their grades fall and they drop out of school, and they "surrender" their w...

How Cults are Formed and Maintained

of society. How do these cults form? Often, there is one spiritual leader who attracts the group. The newly emerging gurus are m...

Unification Church

the Unification Church (Sontag 11). Image of the Divine in this religious tradition The Unification Church, according to its De...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Religion

In a research essay that consists of ten pages a correlation between obsessive religious practices and the psychological malady kn...

History of American Women

single women over the age of twenty-one and widows had the power to make contracts and hold property in her own name (22). A marri...

Satanic Cult Investigation

like a satanic cult? Sound like the type of organization which should be shut down? Think again. This description just given was o...

Pagan Religions and Christianity

Did Christianity borrow ideas and practices from pagan mystery cults. This is an allegation that has been popping up since the 19t...

Erikson Freud Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club has become a cult movie because it shows the angst of being not only a teenager but a youngster who has been ab...

Two Questions in Psychology

resuilts in problematic outcomes. This is not true; experimental designs sometimes result in problematic outcomes for the partici...

A SCIENTOLOGY OVERVIEW

Discusses the Church of Scientology and whether it is a "viable" religion or a brainwashing cult. There are 5 sources listed in th...

Defining a Cult

This paper considers the various factors that weigh into distinguishing between a cult and a religious sect. There are four sourc...

Christianity From Cult to Established Mainstream?

It might be contended that the development...

Apple as a Religion

up their brand. This is true for the Apple Company in general. The introduction of iPod gadget, iTunes, iPhone and iPad all supp...

Martine van Woerken - Thugs

the goddess (Thuggee). The British made a determined (and successful) effort to stamp out Thuggee beginning in the early 1800s. ...

Satanic Cults

the Supreme Court sees it, Satanism is a religion ("High Court," 2005). It does appear that one mans cult is anothers religion, bu...

Jay Gatsby and the Cult of Celebrity

same time he undercuts Gatsby by telling readers that he made his money illegally; he was a bootlegger (he sold illegal whiskey du...

Transcendentalism, Domesticity and Louisa May Alcott

womans place was perceived to be located securely in the private sphere, which she ruled as a domestic goddess, creating a haven o...

Social Psychology and Cults

individual zealously devotes himself to some leader or ideal" reveals the inherent social bigotry that has long obscured cults and...

A Review of the Film, Ocean's Eleven

In some scenes featuring very dark-skinned Bernie Mac, the only thing absolutely visible on the screen was the whites of the actor...

Overview of the Isis Religious Cult

of course, was according to legend. However, the legends gained such popularity that in time many came to worship Isis, alone. Tem...

Cult Status of the Film Rosemary's Baby

away at a person until there is nothing left. A loss of humanity and depth is mourned in this movie, it could be stated. Demonic ...

Is Scientology a Religion or a Cult?

a religion. By practice, the Church of Scientology is a cult. Since practice and the effects on people are more important than she...

Am I Thin Enough Yet?

become everything. Delia not only wants to look good for the attention that it gets her, but she is also determined that her sel...

A Comparison of the Films Harold and Maude and Blue Velvet

in money, or in finding Harold a nice young woman. Harold, however, is a young man fascinated with death. This is, of course, p...

Scientology and Its Impact on Actor Tom Cruise

its members. From this perspective it is easy to see that Scientology has more than likely had as negative of an impact on Tom Cr...

Is Scientology a Religion or a Cult?

by Lafayette Ron Hubbard and is not only incompatible with most of the worlds other religions, particularly Christianity, but open...