The Maryland Cult Task Force

The 1998 Maryland State Legislature passed a joint resolution authorizing an investigation of the "effects of cult activities" on campuses in the state system of four year colleges and universities. We are presently archiving the legislative history and major portions of the hearings. We will post the final report as soon as it is available. The index for these materials is on this site.

This segment of The Religious Movements page is under active expansion and revision. We invite you to stop back at an early date. J.K. Hadden (08/12/99)

Also available in this site section:

• Introduction
  
• The Brainwashing Controversy
  
• Conceptualizing "Cult" and "Sect"
  
• Conceptualizing "Anti-Cult" and "Counter-Cult"
  
• The Anti-Cult Movement
  
• The Counter-Cult Movement
  
• Links
  
• Bibliography