Home›Sources›A New York Cult That Promised the End of the Nuclear Family (The Nation, Hitchcock, 2023)SourcesA New York Cult That Promised the End of the Nuclear Family (The Nation, Hitchcock, 2023)Callie Hitchcock, The Nation, 2023-12-07Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "A New York Cult That Promised the End of the Nuclear Family (The Nation, Hitchcock, 2023)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/new-york-cult-promised-end-nuclear-family-nation-hitchcock-2023.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). A New York Cult That Promised the End of the Nuclear Family (The Nation, Hitchcock, 2023). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/new-york-cult-promised-end-nuclear-family-nation-hitchcock-2023Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-a-new-york-cult-that-promised-the-end-of, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {A New York Cult That Promised the End of the Nuclear Family (The Nation, Hitchcock, 2023)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/new-york-cult-promised-end-nuclear-family-nation-hitchcock-2023}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXCallie Hitchcock's review in The Nation, published 2023-12-07, of Alexander Stille's book on the Sullivan Institute (the Sullivanians), quoting its figure that about fifteen years into the group's history, founded 1957, 600 patients had signed up for therapy and 350 of them lived together in shared group apartments. Used here for that figure.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (12 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedCallie HitchcockPublisherWell-attestedThe NationPublication YearWell-attested2023URLWell-attestedhttps://www.thenation.com/article/archive/sullivanians-cult-alexander-stille/Source TypeWell-attestedjournalismAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2Reliability tier 2: a book review in an established magazine, used here for the specific membership figure it quotes from Alexander Stille's researched book on the group, 600 patients signed up for therapy about fifteen years into the group's history, 350 living in shared apartments, rather than for the reviewer's own independent research.Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.New Religious Movements, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested11New Religious MovementsSullivan InstituteSourcesA New York Cult That Promised the End of the Nuclear Family (The Nation, Hitchcock, 2023)General References1New Religious MovementsSullivan InstituteComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year