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| Acknowledgements | 8 | |
| Introduction | 9 | |
| Part 1 | Major Issues of Alternative Religions | 11 |
| 1 | Who, what and why: The purpose of this book | 12 |
| 2 | Is it a cult, or a real religion? The problem of definition | 19 |
| 3 | Sects appeal: Conversion, recruitment, mind control or brainwashing? | 28 |
| 4 | Would you let your daughter marry one? Problems for families of members | 40 |
| 5 | So hard to say 'goodbye': Problems of leaving a movement | 47 |
| 6 | After the prophet dies: How movements change | 58 |
| 7 | It's the end of the world as we know it: Apocalyptic beliefs | 70 |
| 8 | Cults that kill: How, why, and can it happen again? | 82 |
| 9 | Watching the watchers: The variety of cult experts | 97 |
| 10 | Historical diversity: A brief summary of world religions | 110 |
| Part 2 | Alternative Religions and Other Groups | 121 |
| 11 | The Complexity of Christlanity | 122 |
| 12 | Christian Origins | 142 |
| Unitarians | 142 | |
| The New Church and Swedenborgianism | 148 | |
| Mormons | 151 | |
| Exclusive Brethren | 162 | |
| New Apostolic Church | 166 | |
| Seventh-day Adventists | 168 | |
| Christadelphians | 173 | |
| Christian Science | 176 | |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 185 | |
| Liberal Catholic Church and Wandering Bishops | 192 | |
| Christian Community and Anthroposophy | 196 | |
| Opus Dei | 199 | |
| Unification Church | 203 | |
| The Late Twentieth-century Evangelical Resurgence | 211 | |
| The Family | 217 | |
| Jesus Army | 227 | |
| Universal Church of the Kingdom of God | 229 | |
| International Church of Christ | 230 | |
| Ellel Ministries | 233 | |
| Toronto Blessing and Vineyard | 235 | |
| Alpha Course | 237 | |
| 13 | Other 'Religions of the Book' Origins | 244 |
| Baha'i Faith | 244 | |
| Nation of Islam | 250 | |
| Holy Tabernacle Ministries | 254 | |
| Messiah/H'al Mahshiyach | 257 | |
| Rastafarian Movement | 259 | |
| 14 | Eastern Movements in the West | 262 |
| Brahma Kumaris | 263 | |
| School of Economic Science | 266 | |
| Transcendental Meditation | 276 | |
| ISKCON | 283 | |
| Osho International | 290 | |
| Sahaja Yoga | 296 | |
| Adidam | 298 | |
| Impersonal Enlightenment Fellowship | 300 | |
| Soka Gakkai | 302 | |
| Friends of the Western Buddhist Order | 307 | |
| New Kadampa Tradition | 310 | |
| Eckankar | 312 | |
| Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness | 321 | |
| Elan Vital | 325 | |
| 15 | Esoteric and Neo-Pagan Movements | 333 |
| Satanic Ritual Abuse | 339 | |
| Satanism | 341 | |
| Theosophy | 344 | |
| Benjamin Creme and Maitreya | 347 | |
| Gurdjieff | 350 | |
| Subud | 353 | |
| Rosicrucians | 355 | |
| Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn | 359 | |
| Schools of Occult Science | 362 | |
| Chaos Magic | 371 | |
| The 1 AM Movement | 372 | |
| Church Universal and Triumphant | 373 | |
| The Emissaries | 381 | |
| 'Flying Saucer Cults' | 384 | |
| Aetherius Society | 385 | |
| Raelian Movement | 390 | |
| Shamanism | 395 | |
| Wicca | 396 | |
| Church of All Worlds | 401 | |
| Druidry | 405 | |
| Fellowship of Isis | 410 | |
| The Northern Tradition | 411 | |
| Pagan Federations | 417 | |
| 16 | Personal Development Movements | 425 |
| Landmark Education/Landmark Forum | 427 | |
| Neuro-Linguistic Programming | 431 | |
| Insight | 434 | |
| The Emin | 437 | |
| Scientology | 446 | |
| 17 | Case Study: Schism in a Sect: The Worldwide Church of God and its Offshoots | 479 |
| Useful Addresses | 519 | |
| Bibliography | 525 | |
| Alphabetical List of Organtzations | 535 | |
| Index | 536 |
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