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:When you say that cults are not per se new, that's true in the sense that it doesn't follow from the definition: "A cult is a religious group in opposition to the surrounding society." (which incidentally means that Catholicism is a cult in Saudi Arabia, China & North Korea, where it's banned). However, as an empirical fact of sociology, a cult either becomes part of society, thus ceasing to be a cult, or dies out. Thus in fact cults are always new. [[User:Peter jackson|Peter jackson]] ([[User talk:Peter jackson|talk]]) 12:12, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
==Reference and book review==
You will want to add to your references
"Comprehending Cults: the Sociology of New Religous Movements" by Lorne L Dawson (Oxford University Press) and now in its second edition. And a link to this review of Dawson:
http://www.cjsonline.ca/reviews/cults.html
Thanks for a fine article. Rumjal
rumjal 05:04, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
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