China Seeks Tighter Grip in Wake of a Religious Revival
New York TimesBy IAN JOHNSONOCTOBER 7, 2016 BEIJING ― The finances of religious groups will come under greater scrutiny. Theology students who go overseas could be monitored more closely. And people...
View ArticleBoom in clairvoyants that Moscow didn’t see coming
Marc Bennetts, MoscowOctober 11, 2016The TimesThe Russian Orthodox Church is more popular than ever, but many Russians are also seeking pagan forms of healing.As Russia’s economy flounders, its people...
View ArticleClassroom or cult? Turkey's campaign against Fethullah Gülen
Southeast Asia GlobeBy: Paul Millar October 11, 2016Southeast Asian schools linked to Fethullah Gülen, the cleric accused of masterminding the attempted coup in Turkey, are being targeted by the...
View ArticleFormer Ontario farmers creating Amish paradise on Prince Edward Island
The Globe and Mail KEVIN BISSETTMONTAGUE, P.E.I. — The Canadian PressMonday, Oct. 10, 2016 There’s a sudden population boom in eastern P.E.I., and the local hardware store has been buzzing.Home...
View ArticleAccused cult leader Victor Barnard pleads guilty to sexual assault, will...
Fugitive preacher Victor Barnard accepted a plea deal that will leave him in jail for most or all of the rest of his life. Minneapolis Star TribunBy Jennifer Brooks Star TribuneOCTOBER 11, 2016...
View ArticleRussian court bans Jehovah's Witnesses branch in Jewish Autonomous Region
12/10/2016 MOSCOW, October 12 (RAPSI) – A court in the Jewish Autonomous Region has ruled to ban a branch of “The Jehovah’s Witnesses” in Birobidzhan because of distributing extremist literature by the...
View ArticleYou'll Be Surprised at Which Religions Have the Most Members with $100K+ Incomes
· Money Magazine· Brad Tuttle @bradrtuttle· Oct. 11, 2016They're not conservative Christians.A new analysis from the Pew Research Center focuses on how much money various religious...
View ArticleResidents remain divided on faith healing rights
RUTH BROWN rbrown@idahopress.comIdaho Press-TribuneOct 10, 2016BOISE — Nearly 50 people offered passionate testimony Monday to state legislators in favor and against “faith healing,” or what some...
View ArticleBig in Europe: The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Though Pastafarianism was founded to critique organized religion, it’s now an organized movement.· the atlantic· KATHY GILSINAN· NOVEMBER 2016 ISSUEThis spring, the Infrastructure Ministry in...
View ArticleChurch sued by family over alleged brainwashing of monk son
OCTOBER 12, 2016 ELIAS HAZOUCYPRUS MAILChurch sued by family over alleged brainwashing of monk son Limassol bishop AthanasiosThe alleged brainwashing of a young man, said to have shunned his family...
View ArticleShe left the dysfunctional family of the Exclusive Brethren to find her own
Stuff NationLois JohnOctober 13 2016The Sydney-based global leader of the Exclusive Brethren, Bruce Hales, pictured with his wife Jennifer.OPINION: While I don't live in New Zealand and have never...
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Satanic Temple seeks to perform City Council invocation
THE BOSTON GLOBEBy Olivia Quintana GLOBE CORRESPONDENT OCTOBER 12, 2016A Boston satanic congregation has asked to perform an invocation to begin a City Council meeting, claiming that members of their...
View Article‘Sadhu Baba’ tried to cure cancer with rape arrested in Bihar
Irony of IndiaOctober 13, 2016Five human skulls, Rs 18,000 cash and fake cash memos were recovered from Gond’s house.(HT Photo)A man who was in the business of cheating victims of misfortune and...
View ArticleHow Do People Become Indoctrinated Into Cults?
October 13, 2016DEREK BERESBig ThinkHow did it happen? No question has been uttered more often in regards to cults. Throughout recorded history (and probably much longer) humans have been susceptible...
View ArticleSecret Nazi group uncovered after Colorado teen kills himself to prove his...
DAVID FERGUSONThe Raw Story13 OCTOBER 2016The suicide of a Boulder, Colorado teenager has led to the exposure of a network of neo-Nazi teens who chatted on Facebook about killing black people and...
View ArticleSouth Shore CEGEPs to combat violent radicalization
CATHERINE SOLYOMMONTREAL GAZETTEOctober 13, 2016 Four South Shore colleges on Thursday announced the creation of the “Centre for expertise and training in religious fundamentalism and radicalization”...
View ArticleHow Do People Become Indoctrinated Into Cults?
· Big Think· October 13, 2016by DEREK BERESHow did it happen? No question has been uttered more often in regards to cults. Throughout recorded history (and probably much longer) humans...
View ArticleIndia Jains say 'many children have fasted'
BBC NewsBy TS Sudhir Hyderabad· 14 October 2016· Members of India's Jain community say 19 children from the community have undertaken religious fasts for "long periods" in recent...
View ArticleCatholic Archbishop Wilson loses bid to have charge of concealing child abuse...
ABC NEWCASTLEGISELLE WAKATAMAOCTOBER 14, 2016Adelaide's Catholic Archbishop Philip Wilson has lost his appeal against a magistrate's refusal to quash a charge of concealing child abuse at the hands of...
View Article"Joel's Army" in Eastern Europe, hatecrimes--and their American supporters
Oct 18, 2007Daily Kosby dogemperorIn yesterday's post on DailyKos, I noted how the group "Watchmen on the Walls"--a neopentecostal dominionist group promoted in ex-USSR countries that promotes literal...
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