Cults are prone to crime and violence / Robert L. Snow -- Cults are no more violent than other religious groups / J. Gordon Melton and David G. Bromley -- Cults brainwash their members / Margaret Thaler Singer -- Cult brainwashing is a myth / David V. Barrett -- Cults doomsday mentality fosters mass suicides / Dereck Daschke and W. Michael Ashcraft -- Authorities provoke some cult mass deaths / Stuart A. Wright -- Cults are corruptions of legitimate religions / Ron Rhodes -- Anti-cult laws are a threat to religious freedom / Moira Shaw -- Anti-cult prejudice denies minority religions a fair hearing / James R. Lewis -- Scientology is an abusive and unscrupulous cut / Janet Reitman -- Scientology is a practical religion dedicated to solving world Problems / David Miscavige -- Cults foster us-versus-them attitudes / Arthur J. Deikman -- The threat of a cult depends on the observers worldview / Eugene V. Gallagher.
Presents twenty-two articles that debate issues related to aging in America, and discusses prejudices against the aging population, government benefits to aid and support retirees, how science affects the aging process, and other related topics.
Twenty-two articles and essays describe the history of club drugs such as ecstasy, Rohypnol, and GHB and argue opposing points on legal and medical issues related to club drugs.
Contains twenty-two articles that provide opposing viewpoints on issues related to genetic disorders, debating questions about the extent of the problem of genetic disorders, social acceptance of people with genetic disorders, how the problem should be addressed, and the medical future of genetic disorders.
A collection of thirteen essays that explores issues related to welfare, discussing welfare recipients and applicants, human service work, child care, welfare rights and reform, the food stamp program, and other related topics.
