Cult Group Controversies:
Testimony Before Task Force
Listed alphabetically by presenter
Most sessions consisted of invited testimony followed by a period when anyone in the audience could speak for five minutes. Some speakers presented prepared remarks and, often, submitted extended comments for the record. 0thers offered no written testimony. For a variety of reasons the quality of the transcribed testimony is highly variable (see: Word from the Editor Regarding the Transcripts) . We have elected to separate prepared presentations, submitted for the record, from extemporaneous testimony that was transcribed. Click here to access the index of transcribed testimony.
- Baker, Les and Nora , Parents
- Personal experience with daughter's involvement in religious movement, June 29, 1999.
- Baker, Les, Parent "Resident Assistant Issues," July 27, 1999.
- Dowhower, Richard L, Pastor, All Saints Luthern Church, Bowie, MD
- "Prepared Presentation to the Task Force to Study the Effectsof Cult Activities on Public Senior Higher Education Institutions."
- Fefferman, Dan, Executive Director, International Coalition for Religious Freedom
- July 27, 1999
- Hadden, Jeffrey K., Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia
- "A Scholars Personal Perspectives on 'Cults,'" July 27, 1999
- Krejsa, Diana Legal Counsel, President's Office, University of Maryland, College Park
- "What Can Universities Do About 'Cults'?"
- Loomis, Ronald N. , Director of Education for the American Family Foundation
- "Cults on Campus: The Appeal - The Danger," May 25, 1999
- Melton, J. Gordon, Director Institute for the Study of American Religion
- Statement by J. Gordon Melton for the Marlyand Task Force on Cult Activities on Campus, July 14, 1999
- Pavela, Gary, Director, Judicial Programs and Student Ethical Development, University of Maryland
- June 7, 1999
- Richardson, James T. , Professor of Sociology and Judicial Studies, University of Nevada, Reno
- Rubenstein, Richard L., President, University of Bridgeport
- August 9, 1999
- Stuart, William Taft, Professor of Anthropology, University of Maryland, College Park
- "Defining and Assessing "Cults" - Part I: Anthropological Perspectives on New Religious Movements on Campus," May 25, 1999
- Stuart, William Taft, Professor of Anthropology, University of Maryland, College Park
- "Defining and Assessing "Cults" - Part II: Assessing the 'character-lists' of destructive cults," July 14, 1999
- Thomas, William ("Bud"), Vice-President for Student Affairs, University of Maryland, College Park.
- "Opening Comments to the Task Force to Study the Effects of Cult Activities at Senior Public Higher Education Institutions", June 7, 1999.