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Cults and new religions : a primer - The range of new religious movements - Controversy and the popular perception of new religious movements - The Church of Scientology : the question of religion - Ron Hubbard and the origins of Scientology - Beliefs and practices of the church of scientology - The organizational structure of the Church of Scientology - The Church of Scientology and the question of religion - Transcendental meditation : the questions of science and therapy - Maharishi Mahesh yogi and the arrival of transcendental meditation - Beliefs and practices of transcendental meditation - The growth and development of transcendental meditation - Transcendental meditation : the questions of science and therapy - Ramtha and the new age : the question of the dangerous cult - Who is JZ Knight and who is Ramtha? - History and development of Ramtha's school of enlightenment - Beliefs and practices of Ramtha's school of enlightenment - Rise and the question of the dangerous cult - The Unification Church/the family federation : the brainwashing/deprogramming controversy - Sun Myung Moon : Savior from the East - Doctrinal beliefs and ritual practices of the Unification Church - The growth and organization of the Unification Church outside Korea - Brainwashing, deprogramming, and the Unification Church - The children of God/the Family international : the issue of sexuality - Mo : David Berg and the origins of the Children of God - Social organization of the Children of God/the Family - Beliefs, rituals, and practices of the Children of God/the Family - The Children of God/the Family and the issue of sexuality - The Branch Davidians : the problem of mass media - The historical development of the Branch Davidians - Beliefs and practices of the Branch Davidians under David Koresh - The siege at Waco and the problem of mass media - Heavens Gate : the question of cults and violence - Ti, do, and the origins of Heavens Gate - Beliefs and practices of Heavens Gate - Recruitment and social organization in Heavens Gate - The evolutionary level above human : the continuum of new religious movements and violence - Wicca and witchcraft : confronting cultural fears - Gerald Gardner and the origins of modern witchcraft - Social organization and development of modern witchcraft and wicca - Beliefs, rituals, and practices of modern witchcraft and wicca - Satanic panic : the legacy of religious cult fears - Rethinking cults : the significance of new religious movements - Perspectives : cults versus new religious movements - New religions as experimental faiths