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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.
He was a member of the Yokohama Bar Association. [2] From 1987 he worked as a lawyer at Yokohama Law Offices. At the time of his murder, Sakamoto was known as an anti-cult lawyer. He had previously successfully led a class-action suit against the Unification Church on behalf of relatives of Unification Church members. In the suit the plaintiffs ...
The video was cited as what motivated the suspected gunman, Tetsuya Yamagami whose mother is a member of the Japanese UC and who claimed to be a victim of the UC, to assassinate Abe on July 8, 2022, in Nara City, Japan. [5] [6] [verification needed]
The Christian countercult movement or the Christian anti-cult movement is a social movement among certain Protestant evangelical and fundamentalist [1] and other Christian ministries ("discernment ministries" [2]) and individual activists who oppose religious sects that they consider cults.
The association is currently member of the Union nationale des associations familiales (UNAF), [5] as well as the FECRIS, an international anti-cult organization. The association is sponsored by various ministries, including the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and by social affairs, as well as by various communes and departments totaling ...
FECRIS is described in the 2006 book Non-State Actors in the Human Rights Universe as "a transnational network of (state agencies created to deal with the 'cult issue') anti-cult associations". [4] The A to Z of New Religious Movements by George D. Chryssides places FECRIS within the genre of the anti-cult movement. [8]
The International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) is a non-profit educational and anti-cult organization. It publishes the International Journal of Coercion, Abuse, and Manipulation, "ICSA Today", and other materials.
Carol Giambalvo (October 29, 1943 - December 2, 2022) was an exit counselor [1] [2] who worked with Cult Awareness Network's New York office [3] and chaired on the Cult Awareness Network's national board of directors [4] from 1988 to 1991, and was also on the International Cultic Studies Association's board of directors [1] headed its Recovery Programs, and was responsible for its outreach ...