From the dangerousness of sects and new religious movements.

Three objectives underpin this article. Firstly to bring some clarification to the idea of "sect", quite far from the generally accepted meaning. The reasons which can explain why both the medias and political actors maintain a negative a priori towards this phenomenon constitute the second point. The third objective is to see what are the reasons which attract some of our contemporaries towards these sects and "new religious movements" which are so heavily criticized.