while the governments of other European nations, such as those of Sweden and Italy, are cautious with regard to brainwashing and as a result, they have responded more neutrally with regard to new religions. Scholars have suggested that the outrage which followed the mass murder/suicides which were perpetuated by the Solar Temple have significantly contributed to European anti-cult positions as well as more latent xenophobic and anti-American attitudes which are widespread on the continent. In the 1980s clergymen and officials of the French government expressed concern that some orders and other groups within the Roman Catholic Church would be adversely affected by anti-cult laws which were then being considered. See also Cult following Cult of personality Greco-Roman mysteries Secret society References Explanatory notes Citations General and cited sources Further reading Books Barker, E. (1989) New Religious Movements: A Practical Introduction, London, HMSO Bromley, David et al.: Cults, Religion, and Violence, 2002, Enroth, Ronald. (1992) Churches that Abuse, Zondervan, Full text online Esquerre, Arnaud: La manipulation mentale. Sociologie des sectes en France, Fayard, Paris, 2009. House, Wayne: Charts of Cults, Sects, and Religious Movements, 2000, Kramer, Joel and Alstad, Diane: The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power, 1993. Lalich, Janja: Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults, 2004, Landau Tobias, Madeleine et al. : Captive Hearts, Captive Minds, 1994, Lewis, James R. Odd Gods: New Religions and the Cult Controversy, Prometheus Books, 2001 Martin, Walter et al.: The Kingdom of the Cults, 2003, Melton, Gordon: Encyclopedic Handbook of Cults in America, 1992 Oakes, Len: Prophetic Charisma: The Psychology of Revolutionary Religious Personalities, 1997, Singer, Margaret Thaler: Cults in Our Midst: The Continuing Fight Against Their Hidden Menace, 1992, Tourish, Dennis: 'On the Edge: Political Cults Right and Left, 2000, Zablocki, Benjamin et al.: Misunderstanding Cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field, 2001, Articles Aronoff, Jodi; Lynn, Steven Jay; Malinosky, Peter. Are cultic environments psychologically harmful?, Clinical Psychology Review, 2000, Vol. 20 No. 1 pp. 91–111 Langone, Michael: Cults: Questions and Answers Lifton, Robert Jay: "Cult Formation", The Harvard Mental Health Letter, February 1991 Robbins, T. and D. Anthony, 1982. "Deprogramming, brainwashing and the medicalization of deviant religious groups" Social Problems 29 pp. 283–297. Rosedale, Herbert et al.: "On Using the Term 'Cult Van Hoey, Sara: "Cults in Court". The Los Angeles Lawyer, February 1991 Zimbardo, Philip: "What messages are behind today's cults?", American Psychological Association Monitor, May 1997 External links