Who Are The Hebrew Israelites?
World-Wide Religious News"Forward" June 29, 2017Their story rarely finds its way into the mainstream news. When it does, readers are surprised.A cousin of First Lady Michelle Obama is a black rabbi in...
View ArticleCharismatics eye First Nations as the new missionary vanguard
Religion WatchVolume 32 No. 9American Indians have long had the attention of missionaries and evangelists, but more recently they have become the protagonists of numerous prophecies by charismatic...
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The Farm Belt führer: the making of a neo-Nazi
Confiscated material from a far right extremist group on display at a press conference held by Brandenburg’s Ministry of the Interior in 2011. Gerhard Lauck was Germany’s biggest supplier of neo-Nazi...
View ArticlePSYCHOLOGY OF COERCIVE CONTROL - New postgraduate course aimed at...
September 2017Now accepting applications for September 2017University of Salford, Manchesterhttp://www.salford.ac.uk/pgt-courses/psychology-of-coercive-controlMSC/PGDIP/PGCERTSchool - School of Health...
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Call for Papers - International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) 2018 Annual...
The global challenge of young people born, raised or recruited into extremist groups, abusive religious organizations, or...
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Ashutosh Maharaj: Followers win fight to keep guru in freezer
BBC NewsJuly 5, 20174An Indian court has granted permission for the followers of a long-dead spiritual guru to preserve his body in a freezer.Ashutosh Maharaj, founder of the sect Divya Jyoti Jagriti...
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The Secret Jewish History Of A Violent New Zealand Cult
ForwardJuly 5, 2017Samuel A. Levy was almost certainly terrified as he sat across from Patara Raukatauri on February 25, 1865, the latter being a member of the infamous and supposedly violent Pai...
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'Spiritual abuse': Christian thinktank warns of sharp rise in UK exorcisms
Report by Theos warns that “astonishing” increase in exorcisms is doing harm to people with mental health problemsHarriet SherwoodTHE GUARDIANJuly 5, 2017 Exorcisms are a booming industry in the UK,...
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Life after white supremacy: the former extremists now helping others leave...
Lucy PurdyPositive.NewsJune 30, 2017Four former members of right wing extremist groups share their stories of how they overcame their hate-filled pasts and are now helping turn others’ lives...
View ArticleWITNESSES
Peter J. LeithartFirst Things July 7, 2017Jehovah's Witnesses refuse to salute the American flag. In the case of Minersville School District v. Gibitis (1940), the Supreme Court rejected the Witness...
View ArticleTranscendental Meditation for Everyone
Bob Roth, chief executive of the David Lynch Foundation, teaches transcendental meditation to a range of students, from elementary-school children to CEOs.Alexandra WolfeWall Street JournalJune 30,...
View ArticleB.C. prosecutor urges 'strong message' in sentencing for child bride case
BILL GRAVELANDThe Globe and MailJune 30, 2017A special prosecutor has asked a judge to send a strong message of denunciation in sentencing a man and woman who took a 13-year-old girl over the U.S....
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Report: 'Lev Tahor' leader has drowned in Mexico
Leader of ultra-stringent group dies while immersing in river, Foreign Ministry investigates.Arutz ShevaJuly 8, 2017"Lev Tahor" leader Rabbi Shlomo Halberantz on Friday drowned in a river in Mexico's...
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Shlomo Helbrans, Lev Tahor Cult Leader Drowns In River While 'Toiveling' On...
Yeshiva World NewsJuly 8, 2017 According to multiple media reports, Shlomo Helbrans, the leader of the Lev Tahor cult, drowned on Friday in Mexico. He was 55.Local media reports said his body was found...
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St. Petersburg Church of Scientology head to remain in detention
Mikhail TelekhovRAPSIJuly 10, 2017The St. Petersburg City Court has upheld detention of the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg leader Ivan Matsitsky, who stands charged with participation in an...
View ArticleAnalysis Will the 'Jewish Taliban' Survive the Death of Their Spiritual Leader?
The followers of Lev Tahor, which was ruled a 'dangerous cult' by an Israeli court, followed Rabbi Shlomo Helbrans from country to country until his reported drowning this week.Allison Kaplan...
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A short history of vaccine objection, vaccine cults and conspiracy theories
The Conversation AUJuly 9, 2017 AuthorsElla Stewart-Peters, PhD Candidate in History, Flinders UniversityCatherine Kevin, Senior Lecturer in Australian History, Flinders UniversityDisclosure...
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How much power does a polygamous sect have in Hildale, Utah? It will be put...
NATE CARLISLEThe Salt Lake Tribune July 11, 2017Not a referendum on polygamy » Candidates stress that they want everyone, FLDS or not, to have a voice.Through all the troubles they've had the past 15...
View ArticleCalifornia Beach Party Brings Together Ex-Believers
NPRJuly 4, 2017Heard on All Things ConsideredLUKE VANDER PLOEGWhen people leave religious groups, they sometimes feel adrift. Some formerly faithful folks in Southern California are looking for ways to...
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Drowning of Lev Tahor leader raises fears over ultra-Orthodox sect's future
The strict rules Helbrans imposed led Israelis to nickname the cult-like group the Jewish Taliban, because female members wear burka-like robes beginning at age three.National postGraeme HamiltonJuly...
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