Cults

"Cult" may refer to the original and typically ancient sense of "religious practice" or to a newly established religious movement. It is also a pejorative term for a group whose religious beliefs are considered fanatical and unacceptable.

(See also cult classics.)
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So Far Gone
The Scammer
The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7)
Mary
The Colony
Firestorm (The Divine Affinity #1)
How Bad Things Can Get
Our Last Resort
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The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels
The Last Housewife
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
The Girls
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Escape
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
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Breaking Free
Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult
Educated
Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamist Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
Uncultured: A Memoir
Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM

Dan    Brown
Don't tell anyone, but on the pagan day of the sun god Ra, I kneel at the foot of an ancient instrument of torture and consume ritualistic symbols of blood and flesh. ...And if any of you care to join me, come to the Harvard chapel on Sunday, kneel beneath the crucifix, and take Holy Communion. ...more
Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol

Steven Hassan
[Cult] members learn a new vocabulary that is designed to constrict their thinking into absolute, black-and-white, thought-stopping clichés that conform to group ideology. (“Lock her up” and “Build the Wall” are Trumpian examples. Even his put-downs and nicknames—Crooked Hillary, Pocahontas for Elizabeth Warren—function to block other thoughts. Terms like “deep state” and “globalist” also act as triggers. They rouse emotion and direct attention.)
Steven Hassan, The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control

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