Cults and Extreme Belief will go on a search to uncover how sects use their influence to prey upon people's desperation to create powerful and often destructive belief systems. Each episode will take ...

“We all have an idea of what constitutes a cult,” writes author Jane Borden in “Cults Like Us – Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America” (One Signal Publishers). “The word cult conjures a mental picture: ...

Cultists often seem like enigmas, making decisions and forming beliefs that appear irrational or even dangerous to the outside world. But to understand why people are drawn into cults and how their ...

Leaving a cult involves much more than the physical act of leaving or formally resigning membership. It can be a highly emotional and psychological reawakening that can shake the crux of a person’s ...