Preface / Derek H. Davis and Barry Hankins -- Introduction / Barry Hankins -- Controversial, Christian movements : history, growth, and outlook / Timothy Miller -- The Cult Awareness Network and the anticult movement : implications for NRMs in America / Anson Shupe, Susan E. Darnell, and Kendrick Moxon -- A contemporary ordered religious community : the Sea Organization / J. Gordon Melton -- Women in controversial new religions : slaves, priestesses, or pioneers? / Susan J. Palmer -- Satanism and witchcraft : social construction of a melded but mistaken identity / James T. Richardson -- A critical analysis of evidentiary and procedural rulings in Branch Davidian civil case / Stuart A. Wright -- New religious movements and conflicts with law enforcement / Catherine Wessinger -- Scientology : separating truth from fiction / Heber C. Jentzsch -- Christian reconstructionism after Y2K : Gary North, the new millennium, and religious freedom / Adam C. English -- A not so charitable choice : new religious movements and President Bush's plan for faith-based social services / Derek H. Davis