Meet Santa Muerte’s Matron of Honor
STEPHEN WOODMANDAILY BEASTJuly 28, 2018ECATEPEC, Mexico — The visions appear so often these days that they cause little stir. The tall, wiry figure of thIe late Jonathan Legaría is still a regular at...
View ArticleJogye Order wrestling with decades-old factional strife
Kang Hyun-kyungKorea TimesJuly 30. 2018Under the monster heat wave that has gripped the nation for weeks, Venerable Seoljo, 88, has gone on a hunger strike. His fast ― albeit he drinks water with...
View ArticleBook Review: "TRANSCENDENTAL DECEPTION: Behind the TM curtain - bogus...
Reviewed by LaurieTM-Free BlogJuly 25, 2018Book Review: "TRANSCENDENTAL DECEPTION: Behind the TM curtain - bogus science, hidden agendas, and David Lynch’s campaign to push a million public school kids...
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Vast Apostate Army
"The Vast Apostate Army takes a team focused approach to activism. We aim to expose the harmful policies of the Jehovah's Witness organization while also providing support to those who are questioning...
View ArticleState Department religious freedom summit ends with commitments, critiques
Adelle M. BanksReligion News ServiceJuly 27, 2018WASHINGTON (RNS) — The State Department concluded its first-ever Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom Thursday (July 26), with declarations...
View ArticleMinistering to the deaf and blind: How religious groups accommodate the disabled
Adam ParkerCharleston Post CourierJuly 28, 2018If you’re deaf and want to attend a worship service, you’re likely to encounter some difficulties.If you’re blind, it’s not much easier. Few religious...
View ArticleRaelian movement in Ireland: 'Some think it's a cult but it's nothing like that'
Graham CliffordIrish TimesJuly 28, 2018“With the greatest of respect Claude, a lot of people would describe you as a nut,” – it’s a winter’s night in 1988 and Gay Byrne is in full flow.Frenchman Claude...
View ArticleDISSEMINATION BEFORE EVIDENCE? WHAT ARE THE DRIVING FORCES BEHIND THE...
Society of Clinical Psychology: DISSEMINATION BEFORE EVIDENCE? WHAT ARE THE DRIVING FORCES BEHIND THE DISSEMINATION OF Mindfulness-BASED INTERVENTIONS?"During the past decades there has been a rapidly...
View ArticleChurches in fight over trademarked symbol
TERRIE MORGAN-BESECKERTimes-TribuneAUGUST 1, 2018SUBMITTED IMAGES The symbol of Newfoundland-based Sanctuary Church, above, contains the symbol also used by Unification Church, right, and is the...
View ArticleSouth Korean cult leader arrested after stranding 400 followers in Fiji
Shin Ok-ju took away passports of her congregants and subjected them to abuse and brutal ritualsBenjamin HaasinAugust 1, 2018GuardianA South Korean pastor has been arrested after stranding 400 of her...
View ArticleFamily Federation Files Lawsuit
NEWS PROVIDED BYFamily Federation for World Peace and Unification 06:00 ETNEW YORK, July 31, 2018/PRNewswire/ -- Family Federation for World Peace and Unification USA (a.k.a. the Unification Church)...
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Far-right group and anti-fascists embroiled in Montreal 'turf war'
A man and woman were attacked outside a bar Saturday while trying to remove stickers from the fascist group Atalante Québec.CHRISTOPHER CURTISMONTREAL GAZETTE July 31, 2018A man and woman were attacked...
View ArticleChina investigates high-ranking Buddhist monk accused of coercing nuns into sex
ReutersAugust 2, 2018BEIJING - China’s religious affairs administration said on Thursday it would investigate claims a high-ranking Buddhist monk sexually harassed nuns and coerced them into sex, the...
View ArticleYes, There Are Women-Led Cults
Sarah BermanViceAugust 1, 2018Yes, There Are Women-Led CultsMeet Teal Swan, a YouTuber who proves selling salvation to desperate people is an equal opportunity racket. “It’s always a gross dude.”As...
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What is it like to be a Jehovah's Witness family living in Ireland?
Adherence to biblical strictures provides a solid base in an increasingly secular societySheila WaymanIrish TimesJuly 31, 2018A childhood without celebrating birthdays – your own or anybody else’s – is...
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Former bishop's hunger strike puts more scrutiny on Mormon youth interviews
Sam YoungSt George NewsAssociated PressJuly 30, 2018SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Mormon man has launched a hunger strike to bring attention to a campaign calling on church leaders to bring an end to closed...
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Bad Vibrations: The implosion of a New Age cult
Kaveeta Bhavsaar, known to her followers as Sree Maa,Steve Kilgallon and Tony Wallinteractives.stuff.co.nzJuly 2018Followers of a woman living in suburban Auckland believe she is the reincarnation of...
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Inside the Radical, Uncomfortable Movement to Reform White Supremacists
As As hate groups have surged, so has the number of extremists trying to escape.WES ENZINNAMother jonesJULY/AUGUST 2018 ISSUEOn July 4, 2013, one of Shane Johnson’s pals pushed through the front door...
View ArticleIn Pennsylvania, Shadow Of Secrecy Lifting From Decades Of Abuse By Priests
CAMILA DOMONOSKENPRAugust 2, 2018Ronald Gainer, the Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese of Harrisburg, Pa., discusses child sexual abuse by clergy during a press conference on Wednesday in Harrisburg,...
View ArticleWhat you're getting wrong about mindfulness
Jessica BrownBBCAugust 3, 2018Meditation has long shed its Buddhist roots to become a secular answer to all of our ills in the West, with numerous studies finding benefits like reduced stress and...
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