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Gr 5-8 Written from an anticult perspective and relying heavily on materials from the anticult movement, this brief book provides a shallow overview of the topic. Opening with a graphic description of a California mass suicide in early 1997, Goodnough follows with a short explanation of what cults are and where they come from. He organizes his discussion of the types of cults in a way that leads to some odd conjunctions. Beginning with apocalyptic religious cults in which he includes a discussion of Jehovah's Witnesses, he goes on to describe the Un...Log In or Sign Up to Read More