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• religious ideology is highly critical of mainstream society
• demand a high level of commitment from their members, often expect members to completely withdraw from society and devote their lives to the religion
• members higher up the hierarchy will typically have more freedom and more ties to the outside world
• seeking radical individual transformation or radical social change is often the aim
• they tend to have been founded by a charismatic leader and membership tends to demand loyalty to the leader
• vary in size: one location = the peoples temple, global = the moonies
• conservative beliefs especially around sex and marriage