Project of the American Academy of Religion posts contact information for its members and provides annotated links on new religious movements.

Browse this annotated directory of resources on new religious movements and alternative spirituality. Includes sections on Jonestown and Waco.

Analyzes the claims of impartiality of cult apologists and gives examples from their writings.

Gives facts on the background, connections, and methods of the CESNUR cult research organization and its leader Massimo Introvigne.

Read a detailed FAQ about people who defend cults, listing people including quotes of their work, and discussing their motives and line of argumentation.

Offers general articles about cults, psychological and theological issues, specific groups, spiritual abuse, and false-memory syndrome and recovery help.

Former anticult organization was bankrupted by a lawsuit and is now run by Scientologists. Read about its stance on religious freedom.

Features descriptions and links on specific cults and sects and on general cult issues.

Group profiles the activities and histories of religious sects that it calls "killer cults." Read about Jonestown and David Koresh.

Explores the different meaning of these terms. Visit the links on Christian cults, mind-control cults and doomsday cults.

Organization focuses primarily on monitoring and opposing the International Church of Christ, also known as the Boston Movement.

Resources for the study of cults, sects and new religions have been compiled by a University of Calgary professor.

Explains the differences between secular anticult and Christian countercult groups, and provides well-annotated links on the topic.

Read an overview of the history of the anticult movement in the United States, from both a secular and a Christian perspective.

Large and attractively designed cult-watch site with regular news updates. Special features on TM, Hare Krishna, Moonies, and other groups.