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Note: Some texts are buried deep
in e-archives. If title link does not work, click source.
 Cults
& New Religions
Apologetics Index archives
resources on the
history &
theology of David Koresh (né Vernon Howell) & the 1993 massacre of
his followers at Waco, Texas.
Italy-based international association of scholars specialized in
study of religious minorities & new religious movements archives a vast
collection of news articles & research papers on controversial groups
(including Scientology,
New Age,
Unification
Church, Jehovah's
Witnesses, the
Family,
Aum Shinri-kyo) &
attempts to suppress them (brainwashing
controversy, anti-cult
law in France, FBI
vs. Branch Davidians at Waco TX,
China
vs. the Falun Gong).
The late Jan Groenwald's well-researched guide
to destructive cults & benign -Isms is now maintained by Ex-cult
Resource Centre. It is distinguished from other cult-information directories by
categorizing groups by type:
bible-based
(Adventists,
Jehovah's
Witnesses,
Mormons),
new
age (Urantia, Eckankar),
eastern
(Soka
Gakkai,
Hare
Krishna), psychotherapy
(Scientology,
EST),
political
(Lyndon LaRouche),
occult
(Edgar Cayce), &
satanic.
Rod Usher surveys different
approaches of European governments to control the proliferation of new cults
& problems presented for freedom of belief (TIME 1/27/97) [archived by Cult
Education Institute].
Mike Doughny outlines psychological
theories of totalism
(Robert Lifton) & mind
control (Margaret Singer) & provides a useful guide to information on anti-cult
organizations, a bibliography
on cults, & a catalog of cult-operated
websites.
Remnants of the website
left by the computer age UFO cult "Higher Source" that led to mass
suicide in San Diego CA (27 March 1997). Revealing example of cultic use of
Christian materials.
Apologetics Index summarizes the
history
&
theology of the suicide cult founded by Marshall Applewhite.
International network for former associates of
controversial conservative Roman Catholic movement founded by Josemaria
Escriva compares its questionable practices with the Vatican's own warnings
against cults & questions the irregularity of the founder's recent
canonization.
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Politics
Official cyberbase of conservative coalition designed "to give Christians a voice in
government" outlines its mission
& legislative agenda & posts
news
about targeted issues.
Ethicist Kenneth Cauthen's 1971 ecological &
political manifesto for human survival in a rapidly changing world
(posted by Religion
Online).
Full text of 1935 analysis by H. Richard
Niebuhr, Wilhelm Pauck & Francis P. Miller of the threats posed to
classical Christianity by capitalism, nationalism & the equation of
Christianity with American religion (posted by
Religion
Online).
Third world Catholic theologian Tissa
Balasuriya's appeal for all major religions to join in opposing western
"money-theism" by promoting an ethic of sharing
(posted by Religion
Online).
Archive of information on theocratic
movements in America that threaten the separation of church & state
includes The
Freedom Writer issues thru 2001.
Socially conservative institute coordinates
traditionalist opposition to liberalizing policies of mainline Protestant
denominations through intra-denominational action programs among
Evangelicals,
Methodists,
& Episcopalians.
Coalition of Americans committed to religious
liberty to counter the political & social agenda of the radical religious
right, promote tolerance & revitalize civic participation by religious
moderates publishes a newsletter (The Light) & monitors
the words & actions of religious extremists.
Role-playing cyber-reconstruction of a
16th
c. French tavern includes planks
linking the reformation, religious
wars, world
affairs, social
classes, major
political figures & aspects of
everyday life.
PDF
of Niebuhr's classic 1944 argument of the moral imperative to defend
democracy (archived by
Sabda.org).
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Roles
& Gender
NY-based movement provides a 20th
c. Hasidic perspective on the role of women within Judaism.
Karen Strom posts Navajo fertility legend
describing puberty & fertility rituals.
T. O. Beidelman's 1987 article from
Eliade's Encyclopedia of Religion presents a balanced cross-cultural
survey of the issue.
Archived gateway to all sites related to gender in
antiquity, maintained by Suzanne Bonefas & Ross Scaife until 2011.
1988 papal papal letter on the dignity &
vocation of women covers issues such as the exploitation of women, marriage,
motherhood, the value of religious consecration, virginity, women who suffer,
distinct feminine gifts and women's ordination.
Official website of anti-denominational
evangelical movement founded by Bill McCartney, head coach of U of Colorado
football team,
outlines
its agenda &
theology.
Hartford Institute for Religion Research posts
links to on-line
articles
and
research
projects on various questions about women and religion.
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28 January 2023
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