A Guide to Cults: From the Origins and Crimes to the Opposition Movements

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The word cult pejoratively refers to a group whose beliefs or practices are reasonably considered strange. The word originally denoted a system of ritual practices. The narrower, derogatory sense of the word is a product of the 20th century, especially since the 1980s, and is considered subjective. It is also a result of the anti-cult movement which uses the word in reference to groups seen as authoritarian, exploitative and possibly dangerous. The word implies a group which is a minority in society.The book is an overview of the origins of cults, their studies, the most popular crimes committed by some of them, and the movements opposed to their existence.