http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:59:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26462/glen-closes-cult-acting-school http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26462/glen-closes-cult-acting-school#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:51:57 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26462 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26462/glen-closes-cult-acting-school/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26305/israel-symposium-to-explore-legislation-aimed-at-curbing-cults http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26305/israel-symposium-to-explore-legislation-aimed-at-curbing-cults#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:29:53 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26305 A panel of academics and professionals from Israel's Ministry of Welfare and Social Services will meet Thursday to discuss the possibility of creating legislation to legally outlaw sects and cultish practices in Israel.

The one-day symposium will explore the ethical dilemma of curbing such groups and attempt to sharpen the definition of what constitutes a cult.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26305/israel-symposium-to-explore-legislation-aimed-at-curbing-cults/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26285/south-australias-chief-prosecutor-create-special-laws-for-cults http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26285/south-australias-chief-prosecutor-create-special-laws-for-cults#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:11:08 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26285 South Australia's chief prosecutor is calling for new laws to thwart the rise of cults across the nation.

Stephen Pallaras says a new approach by law-makers needs to address the "mental damage and mental harm" caused by cults.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26285/south-australias-chief-prosecutor-create-special-laws-for-cults/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26280/cult-expert-says-economic-climate-a-breeding-ground-for-cults http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26280/cult-expert-says-economic-climate-a-breeding-ground-for-cults#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:08:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26280 Global fears of economic or environmental upheaval feed the growth of gurus and damaging cults that prey on the weak, a French government expert on cults has warned during a visit to Australia.

>Georges Fenech, president of France's Interministerial >Mission for Monitoring and Combating Cultic Deviances, said it was working for greater international co-operation in dealing with sectarian abuses.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26280/cult-expert-says-economic-climate-a-breeding-ground-for-cults/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25986/israel-welfare-ministry-calls-for-legislation-to-fight-cults http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25986/israel-welfare-ministry-calls-for-legislation-to-fight-cults#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 06:53:46 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25986 The Israeli government must create comprehensive legislation to combat the phenomenon of cults in Israel and provide a clearer definition of what constitutes cult activity, a report published Monday by a special Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs task force has recommended.

Authored by the team of professionals that dealt with the fallout of Israel’s largest cult to date – that headed by Tel Aviv polygamist Goel Ratzon – the 48-page report focuses on four main areas: preventive action, therapeutic intervention, legislation and government involvement.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25986/israel-welfare-ministry-calls-for-legislation-to-fight-cults/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25492/need-information-about-a-cult http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25492/need-information-about-a-cult#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:35:29 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25492 CounterCultSearch.com you can search for information about (religious) cults, cult-like organizations, and cults experts, -- as well as paranormal-, New Age, and pseudoscientific claims -- across 260+ websites, blogs and forums dedicated to cult research, spiritual abuse, ex-cult counseling & support.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25492/need-information-about-a-cult/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25435/man-arrested-over-killing-of-ex-wife-says-he-wanted-daughter-back-from-cult-group http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25435/man-arrested-over-killing-of-ex-wife-says-he-wanted-daughter-back-from-cult-group#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 17:24:08 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25435 A man suspected of fatally stabbing his ex-wife, a follower of a group that split from the AUM Shinrikyo cult, has told police he thought that the killing would enable him to get his daughter back.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25435/man-arrested-over-killing-of-ex-wife-says-he-wanted-daughter-back-from-cult-group/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25223/how-people-fall-victim-to-mind-control http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25223/how-people-fall-victim-to-mind-control#comments Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:20:19 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25223 Carli McConkey spent the best years of her life in a cult. She only escaped earlier this year. What's frightening about her story is that this could happen to any of us.

Clinical Professor Doni Whitsett of the University of Southern California has been working with victims of cults and their families for 20 years. Carli's is ''a tragic textbook case'', she says.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25223/how-people-fall-victim-to-mind-control/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24435/raid-on-doomsday-cult-shot-in-the-arm-for-crusade-against-fringe-religions http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24435/raid-on-doomsday-cult-shot-in-the-arm-for-crusade-against-fringe-religions#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:58:58 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24435 A month after South Australian police raided more than a dozen properties associated with the bizarre Adelaide-based Agape Ministries doomsday cult, several questions remain unanswered.

But for independent senator Nick Xenophon the weapons found during the raids are a chilling reminder that decisive action must be taken to prevent cults getting footholds in Australian society.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24435/raid-on-doomsday-cult-shot-in-the-arm-for-crusade-against-fringe-religions/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24351/south-australias-anti-gang-laws-may-apply-to-cults http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24351/south-australias-anti-gang-laws-may-apply-to-cults#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 12:14:10 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24351 Parts of South Australia's anti-bikie laws could be used against cults like the Agape Ministries group, South Australian police commissioner Mal Hyde says.

He said it might be possible for aspects of the anti-gang laws, which relate to criminal organisations, to apply.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24351/south-australias-anti-gang-laws-may-apply-to-cults/feed 0