By virtue of the extensive ground they cover, these two collected works will make a considerable contribution to one of the most complex questions of 20th-century history: the cults ascribed to the great leaders and great personalities of the communist world. On account of the previous lack of...
Regardless of whether one believes that Noble Drew Ali was a prophet of God or not, no one can deny that he was and is one of the most important religious leaders of the 20th century, who left behind a legacy of peaceful practice. Note: Brian Birmingham is a graduate of the University ...
"In the latter half of the 20th century – as South Koreans grappled with the legacy of Japanese colonial rule (which came to an end with the second world war), the traumatic division of the Korean peninsula, a series of brutal military dictatorships and nuclear threats from their northern...
That leaders of the group “helped” children and other members to die also illustrates the complex pattern of influence in such a claustrophobic and highly charged situation—how much dissonance really existed? How much additional “persuasion” did members need in order to take their own lives?
Christianity has been a powerful force of change within the region since the late 1800s. In the colonial period, missions introduced Western education and caused local economic change. As a result, many of the leaders in Melanesia have come from mission schools and backgrounds, and some have be...
Cult of personality history Quite often, amateurs attribute the invention of the cult of personality to the 20th century, with its bright and charismatic leaders. And, of course, such a phenomenon, especially in Western culture, is considered possible only in countries of a certain formation, for...
Like many cults, the Unification Church has allegedly usedbrainwashingtactics such as social isolation, sleep deprivation, and coercion to recruit followers and obtain donations. And like many cult leaders, Moon was eventually convicted of tax evasion and...
Did Church of God leaders uses the term “catholic church” to ever describe the church they were part of? Here are links to related sermons:Original Catholic Church of God?,Original Catholic Doctrine: Creed, Liturgy, Baptism, Passover,What Type of Catholic was Polycarp of Smyrna?,Tradition,...
Like many cult leaders, Asahara believed in an imminent doomsday, this time caused by a world war started by the United States. According to him, only his followers would survive. In 1995, the group executed a sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subway, which caused the deaths of 12 people ...