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Beili Wang (被立王; bèi lì wáng), founded by Wu Yangming (a former member of the Shouters), defined by the Ministry of Public Security as a cult organization in 1995. Unification Church (统一教; tǒngyī jiào), known as "The Moonies" in the US, founded by Korean-American Sun Myung Moon in Busan in 1954, defined by the ministry as a ...
A church is a religious group that accepts the social environment in which it exists, a sect is a religious group that rejects it. [6] [2] The church-sect typology and the notion of a church-sect continuum or movement from the sect to the church came under strong attack in the sociology of religion of the 1960s onwards.
American sociologist Howard P. Becker further bisected Troeltsch's first two categories: church was split into ecclesia and denomination; and sect into sect and cult. [22] [2] Like Troeltsch's "mystical religion", Becker's cult refers to small religious groups that lack in organization and emphasize the private nature of personal beliefs. [23]
The former Homestead Heritage members described the church as a “cult” that limits people’s autonomy and controls nearly every aspect of their lives under the threat of salvation.
The anti-cult movement, abbreviated ACM and also known as the countercult movement, [1] consists of various governmental and non-governmental organizations and individuals that seek to raise awareness of religious groups that they consider to be "cults", uncover coercive practices used to attract and retain members, and help those who have become involved with harmful cult practices.
But the church, she says, was actually a cult. Walker spent her formative years, since age 8, in the group. She says it was a place where members were unable to question leaders "without facing ...
The new Netflix docuseries, “Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult,” highlights former members of 7M Films and Shekinah Church, as well as the family members of current members, like ...
Church of Hakeem; Church of Scientology; Church of the First Born of the Lamb of God; Church Universal and Triumphant; The Circle of Friends; Colonia Dignidad; Community of Jesus; Community of the Lady of All Nations; Concerned Christians; The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord; Cult of Reason; Cult of the Supreme Being