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• Science: Social Sciences: Psychology: Psychology and Religion  (211)
• Science: Social Sciences: Psychology: Social: Persuasion and Social Influence  (18)
• Society: Religion and Spirituality: Religious Studies: Sociology of Religion  (16)

Religious Movements -  .

- Jeffrey K. Hadden's extensive collection of resources covering cults, sects, and new and established religions. Includes profiles and links for over 200 religious movements, discussion of cult group controversies, and teaching course materials.

AFF's Cult Information Service - - Resources concerning psychological manipulation, cult groups, sects, and new religious movements. Includes conferences, full text essays, study guides, and details of periodicals.

Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR) - - Established in 1988 and recognized in Italy as a public cultural institution in 1996, CESNUR is an international research center in the field of religious studies and new religious movements.

Cults and New Religious Movements: A Bibliography - - Extensive reference list of scholarly literature pertaining to cults and NRMs.

Cults and Religion: Nurelweb - - Includes complete texts of selected academic works, an exploration of African religions, and a mailing list: nurel-l.

Cults: From Positive to Homicidal Faith Groups - - Essays from the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance cover cults, NRMs, the counter-cult movement, and attitudes toward minority religions.

INFORM: Information Network Focus on Religious Movements - - London School of Economics based charity providing information about NRMs. Listing of events and seminars.

New Religious Movements Group - - An American Academy of Religion program unit engaging in the scholarly study of NRMs. Outline of activities and links to journals, directories, and professional societies.

Online Texts About Cults and New Religious Movements - - Extensive listing of links to complete text articles.

The Reliability of Apostate Testimony About New Religious Movements - - Study by Dr. Kliever of Southern Methodist University.

When Scholars Know Sin: Alternative Religions and Their Academic Supporters - - Article by Stephen A. Kent and Theresa Krebs sounds the alarm about trusting researchers being co-opted by the groups they study, thus bringing the social study of religion into disrepute.