Sociologists and Psychologists define a cult as a group:
whose beliefs are seen as by society as "strange" or unorthodox
whose member show and unusual or dangerous devotion to a singular person, thing or idea
whose leader uses unethical, manipulative, and/or dangerous methods of control or persuasion over its members to advance the leaders goals
that has become a danger to its members and/or the surrounding society
Researched and recognized cults fall under the following categories:
Doomsday Cults
Dangerous or Violent Cults
Political Cults
Astral/UFO Cults
Religious Cults
Commercial Cults
Your job is to research a cult from each category and to write how it fits each part of the definition of a cult above.
