What makes a cult? | Eileen Barker
From Falun Gong to the Jehovah's Witnesses, the label 'cult' has been used to disparage, and sometimes to justify discrimination, around the worldThe question: what makes a cult?In popular parlance, a...
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In Britain the Moonies had fewer than 150 members in 1976. Hardly the mindbending cult the media was so keen to portrayThe death of Sun Myung Moon has brought back to mind the panic that swept through...
View ArticleWhat makes a cult? | Eileen Barker
From Falun Gong to the Jehovah's Witnesses, the label 'cult' has been used to disparage, and sometimes to justify discrimination, around the worldIn popular parlance, a cult is a religion I don't like;...
View ArticleDid the Moonies really brainwash millions? Time to dispel a myth | Eileen Barker
In Britain the Moonies had fewer than 150 members in 1976. Hardly the mindbending cult the media was so keen to portrayThe death of Sun Myung Moon has brought back to mind the panic that swept through...
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