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The French Parliamentary report of 1999 on cults and money [33] concentrated its attention on some 30 groups which it judged as major players in respect of their financial influence. [34] It underlined the non-exhaustive character of its investigations, seeing them as a snapshot at a point in time and based on information available. [35]
Encyclopedic Handbook of Cults in America. Religious Information Series, 7 (Rev. and updated ed.). New York: Garland Publ. ISBN 0-8153-0502-8. Melton, J. Gordon (1999). Religious Leaders of America: A Biographical Guide to Founders and Leaders of Religious Bodies, Churches, and Spiritual Groups in North America (2nd ed.).
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.
According to the last Pew Research poll published in January of 2024, the Nones represent nearly 30% of the American population, which is no small amount, and if you add in those that consider ...
About 63% of Americans are Christian, according to the Pew Research Center, down from 90% in the early 1990s. Meanwhile, the share of those who describe themselves as agnostic, atheist, or ...
The Pew Religious Landscape survey reported that as of 2014, 22.8% of the American population is religiously unaffiliated, atheists made up 3.1% and agnostics made up 4% of the US population. [ 39 ] A 2010 Pew Research Center study comparing Millennials to other generations showed that of those between 18 and 29 years old, only 3% self ...
It's murky; the American Psychological Association says a cult is "a religious or quasi-religious group characterized by unusual or atypical beliefs, seclusion from the outside world and an ...
Bickertonite Mormon religious colony that secularized in 1879 to become the town of St. John, Kansas. [9] Danish Socialist Colony [10] Kansas Louis Pio: 1877 1877 A utopian socialist community Rugby: Tennessee Thomas Hughes: 1880 1887 A community based on Christian socialism. Am Olam: Across the US Mania Bakl and Moses Herder 1881 Most ...