ICSA Reviews

This site contains several hundred book reviews published by International Cultic Studies Association since 1985.  

To access older book reviews, click on the down arrow next to "Book Reviews" in the top navigation.

The Gentle Souls Revolution: A secret cult, an open rebellion, and lessons in protecting & honoring your gentle soul 

by Esther Friedman


Reviewed by Lorna Goldberg, LCSW, PsyA

 

GSR Healing Arts, 2023. ISBN-13: 979-8986231501. Paperback, 195 pages, $15.95. (Kindle, $9.99), Amazon.com.


Cult Trip: Inside the world of coercion and control 

by Anke Richter


Reviewed by Joseph Szimhart

 

HarperCollins Publishers, 2023. ISBN: 978-1775492344, ISBN 10: 1775492346, ebook: $10.99, paperback 352 pages.


Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church 

by Diane Langberg 


Reviewed by Doug Duncan

 

Brazos Press, 2020, ISBN-10: 1587434385; ISBN-13: 978-1587434389, Paperback, 224 pages, $12.79 (Kindle, $12.15; also available as an Audiobook), Amazon.com

The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune

by Alexander Stille

Reviewed by Joe Szimhart

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. ISBN-10: 0374600392, ISBN-13: 978-600396 Paperback, 420 pages (uncorrected proof), Hardcover, 432 pages, $30 (Kindle $14.99), Amazon.