often with bizarre or unorthodox practices, values, or beliefs that differ from mainstream or accepted thinking, which engenders conflict between the group and society, and uses unethical manipulative techniques of persuasion and control to advance the leader’s goal; cults may be linked to mass sui...
Either through the media—or through direct experience—we have seen cult members, such as the Hare Krishnas, who wear saffron-colored robes, shave their heads, and try to collect money in public places. We have also seen the images of dead bodies—adults and children alike— who have ...
With strong parallels to the 1978 Jonestown massacre, this one moves a little slowly but really cuts into what makes people put their trust in cults, and Gene Jones gives a great, conflicted performance as Father.* How to watch: The Sacrament is now streaming on Pluto. 10. Martyrs Don't...
LET’S TALK ABOUT CULTS AND THE LAW October 24, 2020Leave a comment Recently, I received the following information about a new and timely International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) presentation. Over the years, many survivors have voiced questions about what options they have in relation to...
the Christian church during the Middle Ages, became hostile to it, and during the Reformation in Western Europe merged into a popular movement that put an end to the undivided domination of Catholicism.In other religions, sects emerged through the separation of opposing currents from the dominant ...
Mater Matuta, 'fertility cults', and the integration of women in religious life in Italy in the fourth to first centuries BC This study explores social and gendered aspects of female fertility in popular religious practices in Italy in the last four centuries BC, and it investigates the role ...
This is not just about priests and rabbis, but several other religious leaders from many religions around the world. Good luck! Average Lpez Oct 02 21 858 plays 16. Cult Leaders Match Quiz 10 Qns There are many cults out there. In this quiz, you'll attempt to match each cult to...
There is no room for difference, for the strange. The forged community requires loyalty to cults, ideas, rites, and speeches, which cannot be understood and accessed by the surroundings without a risk to the integrity of the group. Religion, in this sense, becomes absolute in the face of ...
Of course, over time it no longer makes sense to identify new religious movements as cults, and so traditions like Mormon and Baha’i are independent traditions. However, this is often contested, as early Christians identified as Jews, most Mormons consider themselves Christians, and Sufis ...
Winell (2012) proposed the existence of Religious Trauma Syndrome to describe the experiences of people disaffiliating from authoritarian and dogmatic religious systems. It has been particularly applied to the experiences of people leaving fundamentalist religious groupings, cults and new religious ...