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Overview of resources from AFF's bookstore that we believe will interest educators.

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Books

• Cults in Our Midst
• Captive Hearts, Captive Minds
• Cults on Campus
• Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
• Women Under the Influence

Videos 

• After the Cult: Recovering Together
• Cults: Saying No

CSJ Reprints 

Brainwashing and the Moonies

Geri Ann Galanti, Ph.D. (1.1)

On Resisting Social Influence

Susan Andersen, Ph.D. & Philip Zimbardo, Ph.D. (1.2)

Cults Go To High School: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of the Initial Stage in the Recruitment Process

Philip G. Zimbardo, Ph.D. & Cynthia F. Hartley.  (2.1)

Introduction to Special Issue: Cults, Evangelicals, and the Ethics of Social Influence

Michael D. Langone, Ph.D. (2.2)

A Code of Ethics for the Christian Evangelist. (2.2)

Cults, Evangelicals, and the Ethics of Social Influence

Michael D. Langone, Ph.D. (2.2)

“Mind Control" and the Battering of Women

Teresa Ramirez Boulette, Ph.D. & Susan Andersen, Ph.D. (3.1)

Charismatic Covenant Community: A Failed Promise

Adrian J. Reimers. (3.1)

The Spiritual Crucible: A Critical Guide to America's Religious/Cultic Renaissance

David Christopher Lane. (3.1)  

My Experience in YWAM: A Personal Account and Critique

Laurie Jacobson. (3.2)

Creating the Illusion of Mind Reading in a Self-Transformation Training

Robert C. Fellows, M.T.S. (4.2/5.1)

"Reject the Wicked Man" - Coercive Persuasion and Deviance Production: A Study of Conflict Management

Jerry Paul McDonald.  (4.2/5.1)

Coerced Confessions: The Logic of Seemingly Irrational Action

Richard Ofshe, Ph.D. (6.1)

Social Influence: Ethical Considerations

Michael Langone, Ph.D. (6.1)

Family Responses to a Young Adult's Cult Membership and Return

Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W & William Goldberg, M.S.W.. (6.1)

The Involvement of College Students in Totalist Groups: Causes, Concerns, Legal Issues, and Policy Considerations

Gregory Blimling, Ph.D. (7.1)

Cult Formation

Robert Jay Lifton, M.D. (8.1)

Cults, Coercion, and Contumely

M. Singer, Ph.D. & M. Addis. (9.2)

Psychological Abuse

Michael D. Langone, Ph.D. (9.2)  

Never Say Die

Jeanne Marie Laskas. (11.1)

More Than the Devil's Due

Adrian J. Reimers, Ph.D. (11.1)

Promises and Illusions: A Commencement Address

Herbert L. Rosedale, Esq. (11.2)  

Pseudo-identity and the Treatment of Personality Change in Victims of Captivity and Cults

Louis J. West, M.D. & Paul Martin, Ph.D. (13.2)

Sex, Lies, and Grand Schemes of Thought in Closed Groups.

A Collective of Women. (14.1)

Residence Halls and Cults: Fact or Fiction?

Russell K. Elleven, Ed.D., Carolyn W. Kern, Ph.D., & Katherine Claunch Moore (15.1)

Moments of Grace

Nancy Miquelon (15.2)

In Good Faith: Society and the New Religious Movements, Summary Report

Swedish Government Commission (16.1)

Proposing a "Bill of Inalienable Rights" for Intentional Communities

Benjamin Zablocki (16.2)

How Should the Communities Movement Handle Questions of Abuse? Responding to Benjamin Zablocki's Proposed "Bill of Rights." 

Laird Sandhill (16.2)