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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New Releases Tagged "Cults"

The Dark in Her Veins (Divine Villains, 1)
The Vampire's Cult: The Untold Story of Obsession, Control, and a Shocking Small-Town Murder
The Sea Hides Its Dead
Fervor
Where Lost Girls Go
Tenderness
Funerals Are for the Living
The Back Bedroom: A True Story of Exorcism and Murder
The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom
Strange Buildings (Strange Houses, #2)
Julie Chan Is Dead
The Unworthy
The Make-Believe: A Memoir of Magic and Madness
Obstetrix
Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show (While Also in an Actual Cult!)
The Last Housewife
The Scammer
The Mirror House Girls
Our Last Resort
Mary
Little One
The Colony
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
The Girls
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
Escape
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
Breaking Free
Educated
Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult
Uncultured: A Memoir
Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamist Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM

Dan    Brown
Professor Langdon,' called a young man with curly hair in the back row, 'if Masonry is not a secret society, not a corporation, and not a religion, then what is it?' 'Well, if you were to ask a Mason, he would offer the following definition: Masonry is a system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols.' 'Sounds to me like a euphemism for "freaky cult." ' 'Freaky, you say?' 'Hell yes!' the kid said, standing up. 'I heard what they do inside those secret buildings! Weird candleli ...more
Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol

More often than not, leaving a cult environment requires an adjustment period, not only to reintegrate into “normal” society but also to put the pieces of yourself back together in a way that makes sense to you. When you first leave a cultic situation, you may not recognize yourself. You may not know how to identify the problems you are about to face. You may not have the slightest idea who you want to be. The question we often ask children, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” suddenly ta ...more
Madeleine Landau Tobias, Captive Hearts, Captive Minds : Freedom and Recovery from Cults and Other Abusive Relationships

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