The group has been heavily criticized by the press and the anti-cult movement.

Some Christians also share concerns similar to those of the secular anti-cult movement.

The anti-cult movement is not without its critics.

Scholars consider it the first Anti-cult movement group.

He has been critical of the brainwashing concept espoused by the anti-cult movement.

The anti-cult movement might be divided into four classes:

In the 1970's the Unification church, along with other new religious movements of the time, became a target of the anti-cult movement.

He also objects to being personally labeled an "apologist" by the "anti-cult movement".

The Divine Light Mission also attracted the attention of the anti-cult movement.

He defined the anti-cult movement in 1981 as the amalgam of groups who embrace the brainwashing theory.

In the 1970s the anti-cult movement applied mind control theories to explain these sudden and seemingly dramatic religious conversions.

He has written extensively about "cults", new religious movements, apostasy, and the anti-cult movement.

In the suicides' aftermath, some reporters and members of the anti-cult movement described Unarius as a similar group.

Some of the claims of the anti-cult movement have been disputed by other scholars, leading to further controversies.

Some religious studies have shown that anti-cult movements, especially with support of the government, can provoke serious religious conflicts in Russian society.

Rosedale denied the existence of the anti-cult movement.

Rama received criticism from the anti-cult movement.

Former Scientologists and members of the anti-cult movement often discuss Scientology's space opera teachings.

The media was quick to follow suit, and social scientists sympathetic to the anti-cult movement, who were usually psychologists, developed more sophisticated models of brainwashing.

As networks developed among these people a social movement developed which has come to be known as the anti-cult movement.

A number of church members were kidnapped and subjected to coercive deprogramming attempts by individuals connected with the anti-cult movement.

A significant minority opinion suggests that analysis should treat the secular anti-cult movement separately from the religiously motivated (mainly Christian) groups.

Now anti-cult movements, better known as "anti-sectarian movements" take part in making laws about religion in Russia.

Since its inception, the group has ignited controversy and garnered unfavorable attention from the media, the anti-cult movement and governments.

The anti-cult movement is conceptualized as a collection of individuals and groups, whether formally organized or not, who oppose new religious movements (or "cults").