"Dr. Lowell Streiker (a PhD in Religion from Princeton University and a Protestant Pastor) has been of invaluable help to the new CAN. He has also taken numerous phone [referral] calls from around the country."
--Quoted from the "new CAN" newsletter Volume I Issue II
WHERE TO GO FOR FACTUAL INFORMATION ON NEW RELIGIONS
If you need information about new religions, there are many scholars and theologians who may be contacted for objective information:
Dick Anthony 
809 Evelyn Ave 
Albany, CA 94706
Dr. Newton Maloney 
Professor of Psychology 
Fuller Theological Seminary 
180 N. Oakland Ave. 
Pasadena, CA 91101
Dr. Philip Arnold 
Religion Crisis Task Force 
2444 Times, Suite 236-M 
Houston, TX 77005
Dr. J. Gordon Melton 
Institute for the Study of 
American Religions 
P.O. Box 90709 
Santa Barbara, CA 93190
Lee Boothby, General Counsel 
Americans United for Separation 
of Church and State 
4545 42nd St. N.W., Suite 201 
Washington, DC 20016
Rev. Jim Nicholls 
Voice of Freedom 
P.O. Box 1005 
York, PA 17405
Dr. David Bromley 
Virginia Commonwealth University 
312 N. Shafer St. 
Richmond, VA 23285
Professor Gerry O'Sullivan 
Fordham University 
Dealy Hall 
Bronx, NY 10458
Dr. Isaac N. Brooks Jr. 
National Task Force on 
Religious Freedom 
Legislation and Litigation 
5900 Cable Ave. 
Camp Springs, MD 20746
Dr. James Richardson 
Center for Justice Studies 
University for Nevada-Reno 
2075 Marlette Ave. 
Reno, NV 89503
Dr. William Cenkner 
School of Religious Studies 
The Catholic University of America 
Washington, DC 20064
Thomas Robbins 
427 4th St. SW Apt. A-8 
Rochester, MN 55902
Barry Fisher 
2049 Century Park East 
Suite 3160 
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Dr. George Robertson 
Friends of Freedom 
76 Cranbrook Road, Suite 194 
Hunt Valley, MD 21030
Dr. Edward Gaffney 
Valparaiso School of Law 
565 S. Greenwich St. 
Valparaiso, IN 46383
Dr. James D. Tabor 
Associate Professor 
Department of Religious Studies 
University of North Carolina 
Charlotte, NC 28223
Dr. Jeffrey Hadden 
Department of Sociology 
University of Virginia- 
Charlottesville 
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Dr. James E. Wood 
Professor of Church/State 
Studies 
Baylor University 
Waco, TX 76798
Dr. Lonnie Kliever, Chairman 
Department of Religious Studies 
Southern Methodist University 
Dallas, TX 75275-0202
Dr. Stuart Wright 
Professor of Sociology 
Lamar University 
Beaumont, TX 77710
Dr. James Lewis 
Association of World Academics 
for Religious Education 
160 N. Fairview Ave., Suite D-282 
Goleta, CA 93117
Dr. Hubert G. Locke 
Professor and Dean Emeritus 
Graduate School of Public 
Affairs 
University of Washington 
Seattle, WA 98195