What are the characteristics of a cult leader?
A cult of personality, or cult of the leader, arises when a country’s regime – or, more rarely, an individual – uses the techniques of mass media, propaganda, the big lie, spectacle, the arts, patriotism, and government-organized demonstrations and rallies to create an idealized, heroic, image of a leader, often
Who is the most famous cult leader?
Jones then left the United States and established Jonestown in Guyana, compelling many of his followers to live there with him. By 1978, media reports had surfaced of human rights abuses at Jonestown.
| Jim Jones | |
|---|---|
| Known for | Leader of Peoples Temple |
| Spouse(s) | Marceline Baldwin Jones ( m. 1949; died 1978) |
| Children | 9 |
What could be meant by forceful deprogramming of cult members?
Deprogrammers are people who, at the request of a parent or other close relative, will have a member of a religious sect seized, then hold him against his will and subject him to mental, emotional, and even physical pressures until he renounces his religious beliefs.