Erica Baffelli is senior lecturer in Asian Religions at the University of Otago, New Zealand, and Ian Reader is Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Manchester.
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Destroying an Image: Aum, Public Crisis, and the Problem of Religion 5 Public Perceptions of Religion after Aum: Dangerous and in Need of Control 7 Looking for the “Next Aum”: The “Religious Problem” and the Mass Media 11 “Mind Control,” “Cults,” and Anti-Cult Movements 13 Aum and Academia 16 Religious Groups on the Defensive: Fear, Withdrawal, and Changing Teachings 18 The Articles 20 Concluding Comments 22 References 24
