COLLINS, John J.

Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1991. First edition. Quarto; orange cloth stamped in gilt to front board and spine; lacking a jacket, presumably as issued. Vii, 133pp.; index. Vertical smudge to front board; faint splash-stains to textblock top; former owner's name scrawled on front pastedown. Very good or better; a sharp copy. A somewhat general survey of the cult phenomenon in America and beyond, with chapters on the concept, stages, types, and conversion strategies of cults, as well as a chapter looking more closely at three American cults (Scientology, Hare Krisna, Divine Light Mission).