International Cultic Studies Association Department: Letters from the editor

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

Introduction to the Cultic Studies Review

Dear Readers,

Welcome.

Announcing Cultic Studies Review

AFF is proud to announce Cultic Studies Review: An Internet Journal of Research, News & Opinion (CSR - online ISSN: 1539-0160). Although CSR constitutes a great cyberspace advance for AFF, the organization will continue to inform its supporters who are not online by publishing a triannual, bound, print version of CSR (ISSN: 1539-1052). The new periodical merges and expands AFF’s Cult Observer, Cultic Studies Journal, and Cults and Society. The free electronic newsletter, AFF News Briefs, complements Cultic Studies Review.

Current subscribers of the Cult Observer and/or Cultic Studies Journal and/or Cults and Society will receive the new periodical, which will, especially online, include more news and articles than were published in the old periodicals.  By taking over the functions of these three periodicals, CSR is able to offer peer-reviewed, scholarly articles, news on groups and topics (e.g., children and cultic groups), opinion columns, personal accounts of ex-members, and high quality articles for laypersons.

This first online issue is a free examination copy. The print version will be mailed in early April to current subscribers of AFF periodicals. The final issues of Cult Observer and Cultic Studies Journal were mailed in late January and late February, respectively. Number 2 of CSR is expected to be ready in July 2002.

Cultic Studies Review’s interest areas include a family of related yet distinct phenomena (described in an essay posted on www.cultinfobooks.com and www.csj.org, “The Definitional Ambiguity of “Cult” and AFF’s Mission”), as well as practical responses to concerns people have about these phenomena. Thus, Cultic Studies Review provides information on cults, psychological manipulation, psychological abuse, spiritual abuse, brainwashing, mind control, thought reform, abusive churches, extremism, totalistic groups, authoritarian groups, new religious movements, charisma, alternative and mainstream religions, group dynamics, exit counseling, recovery, and practical suggestions for families, individuals, helping professionals, clergy, journalists, researchers, students, educators, and others interested in these topics.

This inaugural issue includes a history of AFF in order to give subscribers and interested readers a clearer idea of what AFF has accomplished over the years, what its goals are for the future, and how CSR relates to AFF's broader mission.

If you wish to follow AFF's online publications, make sure that we have your up-to-date e-mail address by adding us to the list of persons and organizations that you notify when your address changes.  Our e-mail is aff@affcultinfoserve.com.

Sincerely,

Michael D. Langone, Ph.D.
Editor

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