How Religion and Faith Become a Problematic Cult: Criteria for Sects
摘要
This chapter deals with the problematic aspects of religion, as they are primarily practiced in special religious organizationsSpecial religious organization (sectsSect, psycho groupsPsycho group, esoteric sceneEsoteric scene etc.). How do people get involved in these religious communities? What attracts them? Who is at risk of falling into these groups? How are the members bound? What is the internal structure of these groups? What techniques of personality change are used to influence the individual group member?