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A Booming Church and Its Complicated, Ugly Past
Zarephath Christian Church is a dynamic evangelical congregation. But perhaps it’s best not to mention the sect’s fiery founder who embraced the K.K.K.SHARON OTTERMANNew York TimesSeptember 15,...
View ArticleDangers of Meditation
CBS NewsSeptember 17, 2017With brief sound bite from Daniel Shaw LCSW, New York psychotherapist and cult expert.https://youtu.be/aov7r7ywDd8
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Ambitious neuroscience project to probe how the brain makes decisions
A network of pyramidal cells in the cerebral cortex. These interconnected brain cells form neural circuits which carry out the complex computations that will be explored by IBL researchers.Combining...
View ArticleCult Recovery: Gaining Insight into the Experience and Inner Life of Group...
October 15, 2017, New YorkThe Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies (IPS) is joining the International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) in sponsoring this one-day conference, which will take place from...
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Will the world end on Saturday?
Kimberly WinstonReligion News Service September 20, 2017Short answer — no.But David Meade, a Christian and self-published author of end-of-the-world survival guides, predicts doomsday is near — very...
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ICSA Conversations - Sexual/Romantic Intimacy: Challenges for People Raised...
September 29th at 7pm (Eastern Standard Time)For the first time, ICSA will live stream the upcoming event, ICSA Conversations - Sexual/Romantic Intimacy: Challenges for People Raised in a Cult. We will...
View Article‘Allah on Earth’ forced former KCK woman into ‘a childhood of trafficking,’...
TONY RIZZOKansas City StarSEPTEMBER 19, 2017A woman who said she was forced to work without pay for a decade — beginning when she was 11 — is suing the spiritual leader of a group she describes as a...
View ArticleRajasthan's 'Falahari Baba' Charged With Rape, Checks Into Hospital
Dubbed 'Falahari' because of his reported fruit-only diet, the saffron-robed Baba with his forehead smeared in white has often been photographed with top political leaders and celebrities.All...
View ArticleChina launches anti-cult digital platforms
XinhuaSeptember 22, 2017BEIJING, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's State Council Friday launched digital platforms and an online pledge to encourage the public to take a stand against cults.It opened a...
View ArticleInvitation to Participate in Research
Institute of Food, Agriculture, and ScienceDepartment of Family, Youth, and Community SciencesUniversity of Florida PO Box 110180Gainesville, FL 32611-0180352-392-1971Invitation to...
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Labor Department doesn't want a polygamous church to use child labor anymore
Salt Lake Tribune,September 21, 2017The U.S. Department of Labor is asking a judge to prohibit the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and one of its former bishops...
View ArticleIdaho ranks worst in nation for faith healing deaths
Stephanie Hale-Lopez WITI September 22, 2017Boise - More children die due to faith-based medical neglect in Idaho than in any other state. Today, advocates for children discussed ways to develop...
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Popular Indian guru arrested over alleged rape of law student
BBC NewsSeptember 23, 2017A popular spiritual guru has been arrested in India for the alleged rape of a 21-year-old woman, Indian media report.Falahari Maharaj is accused of raping the law student at...
View ArticleLife After Hate: Tshuvah of a White Supremacist
Temple SholomVancouver BCSeptember 16, 2017.Former White Supremacist, Tony McAleer, International Leadership Speaker, Counselor, and Bestselling Author, Dov Baron and Rabbi Dan Moskovitz in a...
View ArticleSri Sri Ravi Shankar's ayurveda brand to launch products in 30 new countries
PTISeptember 24, 2017The brand has also launched an apparel range with Indian ethnic wear, which will sell online and through an app. Sri Sri Ayurveda, the FMCG brand of spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi...
View ArticleWhy Hard Facts Aren't Enough to Alter Our Beliefs
If we want to affect the behaviors and beliefs of the person in front of us, we need to understand what goes on inside their head.Tali Sharot NBC June 25, 2017People love propagating information and...
View ArticleWhy Hard Facts Aren't Enough to Alter Our Beliefs
If we want to affect the behaviors and beliefs of the person in front of us, we need to understand what goes on inside their head.Tali Sharot NBC June 25, 2017People love propagating information and...
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Raids in New Jersey town target ultra-Orthodox Jews accused of welfare fraud....
The Orthodox Jewish community of Lakewood, N.J.Barbara DemickLos Angeles TimesSeptember 23, 2017It was a spectacle nobody in this sleepy New Jersey town would forget.Early one Monday morning, police...
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ICSA Conversations: Brainwashing: Scientific Concept or Mere Label
October 27, 2017. 7:00 - 9:00 pmChurch of St. Paul and St. Andrew (United Methodist)263 W. 86th St.New York, NYBenjamin Zablocki, PhD, Professor of Sociology emeritus and former Chair of the Department...
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Church used unemployment scam to boost funds, ex-members say
Word of Faith Fellowship shows founder Jane WhaleyFinancial PostThe Associated PressSeptember 25, 2017SPINDALE, N.C. — When Randy Fields’ construction company faced potential ruin because of the...
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