In his review in The American Journal of Psychiatry, physician Armando Favazza heartily recommended the book to all of his colleagues, noting that it provides insights into both group dynamics and family functioning. Cults: Faith, Healing and Coercion was also reviewed in Contemporary Sociology by Benjamin Zablocki, and in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion by Thomas Robbins. The book was required reading in the Cornell University sociology course, "Communes, Cults, and Charisma", as well as the University of Pennsylvania course, "Religious Violence and Cults". Galanter's characteristics of charismatic groups from Cults: Faith, Healing and Coercion are cited in the article on "Cults", in the Encyclopedia of Psychology. References External links "Cults", Encyclopedia of Psychology Reviews Cults: Faith, Healing, and Coercion, 2nd ed., The American Journal of Psychiatry, 2002 OUTSIDERS WELCOME, The New York Times, 1989 Books about cults Books about mind control 1989 non-fiction books 1999 non-fiction books 2007 non-fiction books