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Joining A Cult: Religious Choice Or Psychological Aberration, Dena S. Davis
Joining A Cult: Religious Choice Or Psychological Aberration, Dena S. Davis
Journal of Law and Health
In this article, I will analyze the different theories about "cult" membership and conversion, specifically focusing upon whether or not conversions to cults ought to be respected by the law in the same way that the law respects conversion to be respected by the law in the same way that the law respects conversion to and membership in, mainstream religions. In section II, I attempt (unsuccessfully) to define a "cult". In section III, I discuss the civil liberties issues surrounding "cults" and the public furor they have engendered. In section IV, I discuss the different and competing theories about why …