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Stark & Bainbridge 1980, p. 1377. Stark, Rodney; Bainbridge, William Sims (1980). "Networks of Faith: Interpersonal Bonds and Recruitment to Cults and Sects". American Journal of Sociology. 85 (6): 1376–1395. doi:10.1086/227169. ISSN 0002-9602. JSTOR 2778383.

Olson 2006. Olson, Paul J. (2006). "The Public Perception of 'Cults' and 'New Religious Movements'". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 45 (1): 97–106. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2006.00008.x. ISSN 0021-8294. JSTOR 3590620.

Richardson 1993, pp. 348–356. Richardson, James T. (1993). "Definitions of Cult: From Sociological-Technical to Popular-Negative". Review of Religious Research. 34 (4): 348–356. doi:10.2307/3511972. JSTOR 3511972.

Olson 2006, p. 97. Olson, Paul J. (2006). "The Public Perception of 'Cults' and 'New Religious Movements'". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 45 (1): 97–106. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2006.00008.x. ISSN 0021-8294. JSTOR 3590620.

Weber 1985, translated by Colin Loader. Weber, Max (Spring 1985). "'Churches' and 'Sects' in North America: An Ecclesiastical Socio-Political Sketch". Sociological Theory. 3 (1): 7–13. doi:10.2307/202166. JSTOR 202166.

Dawson, Lorne L. (2009). "Church-sect-cult: Constructing Typologies of Religious Groups". In Clarke, Peter B. (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Religion. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199588961.013.0030. ISBN 978-0199588961.

Richardson 1993, p. 349. Richardson, James T. (1993). "Definitions of Cult: From Sociological-Technical to Popular-Negative". Review of Religious Research. 34 (4): 348–356. doi:10.2307/3511972. JSTOR 3511972.

Bader & Demaris 1996. Bader, Chris; Demaris, Alfred (1996). "A Test of the Stark-Bainbridge Theory of Affiliation with Religious Cults and Sects". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 35 (3): 285–303. doi:10.2307/1386560. ISSN 0021-8294. JSTOR 1386560.

Seiwert 2003. Seiwert, Hubert (2003). "Freedom and Control in the Unified Germany: Governmental Approaches to Alternative Religions Since 1989". Sociology of Religion. 64 (3): 367–375. doi:10.2307/3712490. ISSN 1069-4404. JSTOR 3712490.

Richardson & Introvigne 2001. Richardson, James T.; Introvigne, Massimo (2001). "'Brainwashing' Theories in European Parliamentary and Administrative Reports on 'Cults' and 'Sects'". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 40 (2): 143–168. doi:10.1111/0021-8294.00046.

Wright 1997. Wright, Stuart A. (1997). "Media Coverage of Unconventional Religion: Any 'Good News' for Minority Faiths?". Review of Religious Research. 39 (2): 101–115. doi:10.2307/3512176. ISSN 0034-673X. JSTOR 3512176.

van Driel & Richardson 1988. van Driel, Barend; Richardson, James T. (1988). "Categorization of New Religious Movements in American Print Media". Sociological Analysis. 49 (2): 171–183. doi:10.2307/3711011. ISSN 0038-0210. JSTOR 3711011.

Hill, Hickman & McLendon 2001. Hill, Harvey; Hickman, John; McLendon, Joel (2001). "Cults and Sects and Doomsday Groups, Oh My: Media Treatment of Religion on the Eve of the Millennium". Review of Religious Research. 43 (1): 24–38. doi:10.2307/3512241. ISSN 0034-673X. JSTOR 3512241.

Barker 1986. Barker, Eileen (1986). "Religious Movements: Cult and Anti-Cult Since Jonestown". Annual Review of Sociology. 12: 329–346. doi:10.1146/annurev.so.12.080186.001553.

Ayella 1990. Ayella, Marybeth (1990). "They Must Be Crazy: Some of the Difficulties in Researching 'Cults'". American Behavioral Scientist. 33 (5): 562–577. doi:10.1177/0002764290033005005. S2CID 144181163.

Richardson & Introvigne 2001, pp. 143–168. Richardson, James T.; Introvigne, Massimo (2001). "'Brainwashing' Theories in European Parliamentary and Administrative Reports on 'Cults' and 'Sects'". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 40 (2): 143–168. doi:10.1111/0021-8294.00046.

Edelman & Richardson 2003. Edelman, Bryan; Richardson, James T. (2003). "Falun Gong and the Law: Development of Legal Social Control in China". Nova Religio. 6 (2): 312–331. doi:10.1525/nr.2003.6.2.312.

Zhu 2010, p. 487. Zhu, Guobin (2010). "Prosecuting 'Evil Cults:' A Critical Examination of Law Regarding Freedom of Religious Belief in Mainland China". Human Rights Quarterly. 32 (3): 471–501. doi:10.1353/hrq.2010.0004. ISSN 0275-0392. JSTOR 40784053. SSRN 1664950.

Heggie 2020, p. 257. Heggie, Rachel (2020). "When Violence Happens: The McDonald's Murder and Religious Violence in the Hands of the Chinese Communist Party". Journal of Religion and Violence. 8 (3): 253–280. doi:10.5840/jrv202131682. ISSN 2159-6808. JSTOR 27212326.

Zhu 2010. Zhu, Guobin (2010). "Prosecuting 'Evil Cults:' A Critical Examination of Law Regarding Freedom of Religious Belief in Mainland China". Human Rights Quarterly. 32 (3): 471–501. doi:10.1353/hrq.2010.0004. ISSN 0275-0392. JSTOR 40784053. SSRN 1664950.

Shterin, Marat S.; Richardson, James T. (2000). "Effects of the Western Anti-Cult Movement on Development of Laws Concerning Religion in Post-Communist Russia". Journal of Church and State. 42 (2): 247–271. doi:10.1093/jcs/42.2.247. ISSN 0021-969X. JSTOR 23921284.

Ogloff & Pfeifer 1992. Ogloff, J. R.; Pfeifer, J. E. (1992). "Cults and the law: A discussion of the legality of alleged cult activities". Behavioral Sciences & the Law. 10 (1): 117–140. doi:10.1002/bsl.2370100111.

Introvigne 2014, pp. 313–316. Introvigne, Massimo (2014). "Advocacy, brainwashing theories, and new religious movements". Religion. 44 (2): 303–319. doi:10.1080/0048721X.2014.888021. S2CID 144440076.

Richardson & Introvigne 2001, pp. 144–146. Richardson, James T.; Introvigne, Massimo (2001). "'Brainwashing' Theories in European Parliamentary and Administrative Reports on 'Cults' and 'Sects'". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 40 (2): 143–168. doi:10.1111/0021-8294.00046.

Richardson & Introvigne 2001, p. 144. Richardson, James T.; Introvigne, Massimo (2001). "'Brainwashing' Theories in European Parliamentary and Administrative Reports on 'Cults' and 'Sects'". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 40 (2): 143–168. doi:10.1111/0021-8294.00046.

Robbins 2002, p. 174. Robbins, Thomas (2002). "Combating 'Cults' and 'Brainwashing' in the United States and Europe: A Comment on Richardson and Introvigne's Report". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 40 (2): 169–176. doi:10.1111/0021-8294.00047.

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Compare the Oxford English Dictionary note for usage in 1875: "cult:...b. A relatively small group of people having (esp. religious) beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister, or as exercising excessive control over members.… 1875 Brit. Mail 30 Jan. 13/1 Buffaloism is, it would seem, a cult, a creed, a secret community, the members of which are bound together by strange and weird vows, and listen in hidden conclave to mysterious lore." "cult". Oxford English Dictionary (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

"cult". Oxford English Dictionary (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.) – "2.a. A particular form or system of religious worship or veneration, esp. as expressed in ceremonies or rituals which are directed towards a specified figure or object. Chiefly in historical, archaeological, or anthropological contexts."

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Austria: Beginning in 2011, the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor's International Religious Freedom Report no longer distinguishes sects in Austria as a separate group. "International Religious Freedom Report for 2012". Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

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Stark & Bainbridge 1980, p. 1377. Stark, Rodney; Bainbridge, William Sims (1980). "Networks of Faith: Interpersonal Bonds and Recruitment to Cults and Sects". American Journal of Sociology. 85 (6): 1376–1395. doi:10.1086/227169. ISSN 0002-9602. JSTOR 2778383.
Olson 2006. Olson, Paul J. (2006). "The Public Perception of 'Cults' and 'New Religious Movements'". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 45 (1): 97–106. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2006.00008.x. ISSN 0021-8294. JSTOR 3590620.
"cult". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. OCLC 1032680871.
Olson 2006, p. 97. Olson, Paul J. (2006). "The Public Perception of 'Cults' and 'New Religious Movements'". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 45 (1): 97–106. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2006.00008.x. ISSN 0021-8294. JSTOR 3590620.
Bader & Demaris 1996. Bader, Chris; Demaris, Alfred (1996). "A Test of the Stark-Bainbridge Theory of Affiliation with Religious Cults and Sects". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 35 (3): 285–303. doi:10.2307/1386560. ISSN 0021-8294. JSTOR 1386560.
Seiwert 2003. Seiwert, Hubert (2003). "Freedom and Control in the Unified Germany: Governmental Approaches to Alternative Religions Since 1989". Sociology of Religion. 64 (3): 367–375. doi:10.2307/3712490. ISSN 1069-4404. JSTOR 3712490.
Wright 1997. Wright, Stuart A. (1997). "Media Coverage of Unconventional Religion: Any 'Good News' for Minority Faiths?". Review of Religious Research. 39 (2): 101–115. doi:10.2307/3512176. ISSN 0034-673X. JSTOR 3512176.
van Driel & Richardson 1988. van Driel, Barend; Richardson, James T. (1988). "Categorization of New Religious Movements in American Print Media". Sociological Analysis. 49 (2): 171–183. doi:10.2307/3711011. ISSN 0038-0210. JSTOR 3711011.
Hill, Hickman & McLendon 2001. Hill, Harvey; Hickman, John; McLendon, Joel (2001). "Cults and Sects and Doomsday Groups, Oh My: Media Treatment of Religion on the Eve of the Millennium". Review of Religious Research. 43 (1): 24–38. doi:10.2307/3512241. ISSN 0034-673X. JSTOR 3512241.
Zhu 2010, p. 487. Zhu, Guobin (2010). "Prosecuting 'Evil Cults:' A Critical Examination of Law Regarding Freedom of Religious Belief in Mainland China". Human Rights Quarterly. 32 (3): 471–501. doi:10.1353/hrq.2010.0004. ISSN 0275-0392. JSTOR 40784053. SSRN 1664950.
Heggie 2020, p. 257. Heggie, Rachel (2020). "When Violence Happens: The McDonald's Murder and Religious Violence in the Hands of the Chinese Communist Party". Journal of Religion and Violence. 8 (3): 253–280. doi:10.5840/jrv202131682. ISSN 2159-6808. JSTOR 27212326.
Zhu 2010. Zhu, Guobin (2010). "Prosecuting 'Evil Cults:' A Critical Examination of Law Regarding Freedom of Religious Belief in Mainland China". Human Rights Quarterly. 32 (3): 471–501. doi:10.1353/hrq.2010.0004. ISSN 0275-0392. JSTOR 40784053. SSRN 1664950.
Shterin, Marat S.; Richardson, James T. (2000). "Effects of the Western Anti-Cult Movement on Development of Laws Concerning Religion in Post-Communist Russia". Journal of Church and State. 42 (2): 247–271. doi:10.1093/jcs/42.2.247. ISSN 0021-969X. JSTOR 23921284.

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