Anti-cult movement
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The anti-cult movement (abbreviated ACM; sometimes called the countercult movement) opposes any new religious movement (NRM) that they characterize as a cult. Sociologists David Bromley and Anson Shupe initially defined the ACM in 1981 as a collection of groups embracing brainwashing-theory, but later observed a significant shift in ideology towards pathologizing membership in NRMs. As part of the ACM, Christian counter-cult organizations oppose NRMs on theological grounds and spread information through church networks and printed literature.
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See also
- Cult apologist
- Cult of personality
- Cult Awareness Network
- Christian countercult movement
- Deprogramming
- Parliamentary Commission on Cults in France (1995)
- Religious Persecution
- International Cultic Studies Association
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