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/26101/head-of-family-cult-anne-hamilton-byrne-settles-claim-by-accuser-out-of-court http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26101/head-of-family-cult-anne-hamilton-byrne-settles-claim-by-accuser-out-of-court#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 06:50:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26101 Anne Hamilton-Byrne, the former head of Australia's Family cult, has made a secret out-of-court settlement with one of her alleged victims, who claimed he was routinely injected with LSD at her behest.

Supreme Court documents show at least five former cult members in the past four years have sued the self-appointed mystic for treatment they claimed to have suffered at her hands or under her direction.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26101/head-of-family-cult-anne-hamilton-byrne-settles-claim-by-accuser-out-of-court/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22241/family-fellowship-washington http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22241/family-fellowship-washington#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:26:51 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22241 The Washington Fellowship, a Washington, D.C. and suburbs based Christian organization has received much publicity in the past two years. Jeff Sharlet’s new book, THE FAMILY says it reveals “the secret fundamentalism at the heart of American Power.” If only zeal for Jesus were what “The Fellowship” was about, I might not bother writing this article, except perhaps to advocate on its behalf.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22241/family-fellowship-washington/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21709/why-does-sex-play-such-a-large-role-for-fringe-religious-sects http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21709/why-does-sex-play-such-a-large-role-for-fringe-religious-sects#comments Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:35:26 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21709 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21709/why-does-sex-play-such-a-large-role-for-fringe-religious-sects/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21644/secrets-of-a-powerful-family http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21644/secrets-of-a-powerful-family#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:01:33 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21644
Even John McCain, relatively secure as presumed Republican candidate, has jettisoned a preacher whose endorsement became politically untenable.

Yet the most influential and enduring religious force in the country - elitist Christian fundamentalism - is mostly unsighted and rarely remarked upon, according to writer Jeff Sharlet.

Overt fundamentalists, the Bible thumping televangelist populists, are the antithesis of the secretive network he has identified and that is known variously as The Fellowship and The Family.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21644/secrets-of-a-powerful-family/feed 0