Preface / Thomas Robbins and James McBride (p.1-2)

Editor's Introduction / Thomas Robbins and James McBride (p.3-5)

New religious on the frontier of church and state / Thomas Robbins (p.7-27)

New religious movements: Culture and society:

The relativization of societies, modern religion, and globalization / Roland Robertson (p.31-42)

The cultural context of contemporary religious movements / Robert Wuthnow (p.43-56)

New religious movements and coercive persuasion:

Cult process, religious totalism, and civil liberties / Robert Jay Lifton (p.59-70)

New religions and "deprogramming": Who's brainwashing whom? / Lee Coleman (p.71-79)

Coercion, coercive persuasion, and the Law / Herbert Fingarette (p.81-91)

Legal intervention in the new religious movements:

Legal protection for freedom of religion / William Shepherd (p.95-99)

The legislative assault on new religions / Jeremiah Gutman (p.101-110)

Cults and conversion: The case for informed consent / Richard Delgado (p.111-128)

Indoctrination, personhood, and religious beliefs / Robert Shapiro (p.129-160)

State regulation of new religious movements:

The "deformation" of new religions: Impacts of societal and organizational factors / James Richardson (p.163-175)

The tax exempt status of communitarian religious organizations: An unnecessary controversy? / Meade Emory and Lawrence Zelenak (p.177-201)

Church, state, and the Christian new right:

"There is no separation of God and state": The Christian new right perspective on religion and the First Amendment / James McBride (p.205-224)

Appendix: Eilers v. Coy: A Major Precedent on Deprogramming (225-226)