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	International Cultic Studies Association Formerly AFF, American Family Foundation
	The International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) is an interdisciplinary network of academicians, professionals, former group members, and families who study and educate the public about social-psychological influence and control, authoritarianism, and zealotry in cultic groups, alternative movements, and other environments. Founded in 1979 as AFF (American Family Foundation), ICSA took on its current name in late 2004 to better reflect the organization's focus and increasingly international and scholarly dimensions.


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	ICSA does NOT maintain a list of "bad" groups or "cults"
	◊ ICSA: publication copyright ◊ ICSA: publication photocopies request ◊ ICSA: publication reprints request ◊ Policy: refunds ◊ Policy: returns ICSA (International Cultic Studies Association) does NOT maintain a list of "bad" groups or "cults." We nonjudgmentally list groups on which we have information. Groups listed, described, or referred to on ICSA's Web sites may be mainstream or nonmainstream, controversial or noncontroversial, religious or nonreligious, cultic or not cultic, harmful or benign. We encourage inquirers to consider a variety of opinions, negative and positive, so that inquirers can make independent and informed judgments pertinent to their particular concerns. Views expressed on our Web sites are those of the document's author(s) and are not necessarily shared, endorsed, or recommended by ICSA or any of its directors, staff, or advisors.
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