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8:00 AM
9:00 PM
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Bookstore &
Registration
THURSDAY -
SATURDAY |
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Thursday, June
10 – Preconference Workshops
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10:00 - 5:00 |
Workshop for
Former Group Members
Carol Giambalvo &
Joseph Kelly |
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10:00 - 5:00 |
Workshop for
Family Members
Livia Bardin, M.S.W.
& Patrick Ryan |
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12:00 – 1:00 |
Lunch |
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3:00 – 3:30 |
Break/Refreshments |
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7:00 – 9:00 |
Mental
Health Workshop
Rosanne, Henry,
M.A., L.P.C.; William Goldberg, M.S.W.; Leona Furnari, M.S.W.;
Nancy Miquelon Versaw, M.A. |
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7:00 – 9:00 |
Workshop for
People Born or Raised in Cultic Groups
Lois Kendall |
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5:00 – 6:00 |
Pre-dinner
social with cash bar |
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6:00 -
7:00 |
Dinner |
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7:00 -
12:00 |
Evening
social with cash bar |
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Friday, June 11 |
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9:00 - 9:30 |
Welcome and
Introduction
William S. Goldberg,
M.S.W. |
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9:30 - 10:00 |
Cultic
Studies 2003: The Year in Review
Michael Langone,
Ph.D.; Marie-Andree Pelland |
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10:00 – 10:30 |
Individual
Variations in a High Control Group
Maureen Griffo |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Break/Refreshments |
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11:00 - 12:30 |
Polygamy's
Impact on Children
Mike Kropveld
(Coordinator); Andrea Moore Emmett; Vaughn Marshall, Esq.;
Debbie Palmer |
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Legal and
Ethical Issues
Being a Guardian Ad
Litem in Cult Cases: Ethical Issues (Rev.
Robert Pardon);
Cults and Religious Privileges Under Charity Law in
England
and Australia: Can the Wheat be Separated from the Chaff? (Stephen
Mutch, L.L.B., M.A.) |
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11:00 – 11:45 |
A New
Approach to Support Groups for Ex-Group Members
Michael Martella |
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11:45 – 12:30 |
Towards a
Scientific Evaluation of the Dangers Posed by Religious Groups
Stephen A. Kent,
Ph.D. |
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12:30 – 2:00 |
Lunch |
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Luncheon
Discussion: Cultic Studies and Graduate Study
Facilitators: Janja
Lalich, Ph.D.; Stephen Kent, Ph.D. |
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2:00 – 3:30 |
A Panel of
Former Members Discuss Authoritarian Culture and Child Abuse
Nori Muster,
Coordinator; Steven Gelberg, M.A.; Steven Hassan, M.Ed.,
L.M.H.C., N.C.C. |
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Philosophical and Literary Perspectives
The Conscience of
a Child in John Henry Newman (Kevin
B. Fagan,
Ph.D.);
The Grammatical Fiction: Totalism, Solipsism and the
Dispensing of Existence in Modern Literature (Gordon
Neufeld) |
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Research on
Second-Generation Former Group Members
Are Indications
of Harm and/or Benefits Different for First-Generation
Compared to Second-Generation Former Group Members? (Lois
Kendall);
Conversion to Reality (Christian Szurko) |
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3:30 -4:00 |
Break/Refreshments |
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4:00 -5:30 |
Children in
the Unification Church
Donna Collins,
Coordinator; Eileen Barker, Ph.D., Dan Fefferman;
Louis
Desloge,; Moderator: Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W. |
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Biological
and Developmental Aspects of Influence
Dietary Aspects
in Sectarian Groups: A Social-Psychological Perspective (Jessie
Meikle); Young Adults' Attraction to Totalistic Groups and
Ideologies (Amy Siskind, Ph.D.) |
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Update on
Spanish Research in Cultic Studies
Jose A.
Carrobles, Ph.D (Coordinator); Carmen Almendros; Miguel
Perlado;
Alvaro
Rodriguez, Ph.D. |
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5:30 – 6:00 |
Pre-dinner
social with cash bar |
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6:00 – 7:30 |
Dinner
Presentation of
ESAMA Awards |
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7:30 – 9:00 |
Children
and Cults in Latin America: Kafkian Scenarios and Human Rights
An
Overview of the Current State of Affairs Regarding Children's
Rights in Latin America (Jorge Erdely, Ph.D.,
Coordinator); Children and Women as Human Cargo: Cult
Strategies to Cross Borders Illegally – A Case Study (Lourdes
Arguelles, Ph.D. & Anne Rivero, L.C.S.W.);
High-Demand Catholic Sects: A Comparative Study Using the GPA
Scale (Cesar
Mascarenas, M.D.);
Why Victims of Cultic Sexual Abuse Keep Silent in Latin
Cultures: A Psychological Perspective (Juan J. Vaca,
MS.Ed., M.Th., M.Ph.) |
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Coping with
Triggers
Joseph Kelly
(Only ex-group
members permitted in this session) |
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Born or
Raised in Cults: Clinical and Developmental Aspects
Growing Up In
Cults: Impact on Social/Emotional Development and Adapting to
Society After Leaving (Leona
Furnari,
M.S.W.);
Born or Raised in Cultic Groups: Impact on Character
Development and Relationships (Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W.) |
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9:00 - 12:00 |
Evening
social with cash bar |
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Saturday, June
12 |
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9:00 - 10:30 |
Using the
Bounded Choice Model as an Analytical Tool: A Case Study of
Heaven's Gate
Janja Lalich,
Ph.D.; Discussant: Robert Balch, Ph.D. |
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Case Studies
from Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center
John Wick |
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The Cult
Phenomenon in Japan
Court Cases
Involving Aum Shinrikyo (Hiroshi Hirata, Esq.); The
Supreme Court has Declared that Recruitment Techniques of the
Moonies are Illegal in Tort Law (Shuji Nakamura, Esq.);
Cases of Children Who Have Been Abused by a Small Cultic Group
(Masaki Kito, Esq. & Takashi Yamaguchi); Legal Report
from Japanese Courts (Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Esq.) |
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10:30 - 11:00 |
Break/Refreshments |
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11:00 – 11:45 |
The Role of
New Religions in Legitimating National Socialism in Germany,
1920-1945
Karla Poewe, Ph.D. |
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11:45 – 12:30 |
The
Intellectual Origins of New Religions
Irving Hexham,
Ph.D. |
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11:00 – 12:30 |
Charismatic
Groups: Varied Sources of Controversy
Barefoot, Poor, and
Pregnant: Women as Baby Factories in the 21st Century (Marina
Sarran);
Quest for Khalistan: Sikh Fundamentalism in the Present Era (Maryam
Razavy); Gwen Shamblin, Weigh Down Workshop, Remnant
Fellowship, and the Cult Controversy (David Clark) |
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Influence Processes in Charismatic Groups
The
Cult Phenomenon: How Groups Function (Michael Kropveld &
Marie-Andree Pelland);
Fear in the
Psychosocial Universe of Apocalyptic Groups (Lorraine
Derocher); Altered States of Consciousness, Hypnosis, and
Mind Control (Steven Hassan, M.Ed., L.M.H.C.) |
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12:30 – 2:00 |
Lunch |
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Luncheon
Discussion Group for Families with Cult-Involved Loved Ones
Livia Bardin,
M.S.W.; Mary Jo Cysewski, MA, LMFT |
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Luncheon
Discussion for People Born or Raised in Groups
Facilitator: Janja
Lalich, Ph.D. |
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2:00 – 3:30 |
When Does
the Conduct of a Sect or Group Amount to Institutional
Coercion and What Can Be Done About It?
Vaughn Marshall, Esq.; Lawrence
Hughes; Jane Blackmore |
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Contextualizing Falun Gong: China, Human Rights, and the West
Lourdes
Arguelles, Ph.D. |
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Violence and
Charismatic Groups
Women and
Violence: The Conviction of a Canadian Charismatic Leader (Renee
Brodie); The Vengeance of the House of Jacob: Youth and
Violence among the Dreamers (Gordon Drever); Heaven's
Gate: A Dysfunctional Perspective of the Body (Susan
Raine) |
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3:30 – 4:00 |
Break/Refreshments |
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4:00- 5:30 |
Sociological
Research from the University of Montana
Robert W. Balch,
Ph.D., Coordinator;
The Rise and Fall of "America's Most Dangerous Cult": The Love
Israel Family in the 1970s and the New Millennium (Katherine
Marxer); The Trouble with Stereotyping Hate Groups: Aryan
Nations and Elohim City (Wesley Delano) |
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After the
Cult: Who am I?
Rosanne Henry,
M.A., L.P.C., Facilitator
(Only ex-group
members permitted in this session) |
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Where Does
the “Evil Cult” Label Come From? ---Anti-Cult Lingo and the
Persecution of Falun Gong
Huixia Chen &
Patrick Turc; Discussants: Lourdes Arguelles, Ph.D.; Michael
Langone, Ph.D. |
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5:30 – 6:00 |
Pre-dinner
social with cash bar |
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5:00 – 7:00 |
Dinner |
