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Recovering from Religion - You Are Not Alone

2018

Recovering from Religion community members and volunteers discuss the highs and lows of walking away from their faith and discovering a new way to live as well as the role Recovering from Religion played in their journey. See more...

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How to Get Someone Out of a Cult

“Do everything you can to stay in touch,” says Janja Lalich, a sociology professor and consultant who studies cults and coercive influence and control.

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Malia Wollan
2018
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Coming Out Atheist: How to Do It, How to Help Each Other, and Why

Coming out as an atheist is a powerful, liberating act. It makes life better for you, for other atheists, and for the world. But telling people you're an atheist can be risky.

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Greta Christina
2014
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Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults

Heaven’s Gate, a secretive group of celibate “monks” awaiting pickup by a UFO, captured intense public attention in 1997 when its members committed collective suicide.

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Janja Lalich
2025
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Escaping Utopia: Growing Up in a Cult, Getting Out, and Starting Over

We think of cults as bizarre, inexplicable or otherworldly places that only strange people inhabit, but cults and other abusive and high-demand groups (and relationships) are actually quite commonplace.

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Karla McLaren, Janja Lalich
2017
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Leaving a Religion