A condensed report on fieldwork, interviews, and emerging themes in European Shincheonji communities.
Shincheonji’s Philip Tribe in Europe: An Ethnographic Account
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Shincheonji and the Victoria, Australia Inquiry on “Cults”: Apostates, Moral Panics, and Campus Fears
An investigation conditioned by anti-cult bias took rumors, slander, and apostate accounts of the Korean group seriously.
Shincheonji in the UK: Media Bias, “Cult” Labels, and the Reality of a Bible-Centered Community
Calling a religious movement a “cult” does not tell us anything about the movement—but tells us a lot about the intolerance of those who use the label.
Shincheonji in Latin America: Bible Courses, Gradients of Commitment, and Anti-Cult Rhetoric
While the movement grows in Argentina and beyond, criticism appears to be imported from Korea rather than domestic.
Now They Come for Jesus: Anti-Cultist Admits She Aims to Destroy Christianity
In an exceptional (if ugly) book, “cult hunter” Be Scofield attacks Jesus as the ultimate “cult leader.” She is not alone.
Theodora Walter and the Theosophical Roots of Trinidadian Art
A deeply spiritual painter who befriended Rudolf Steiner and helped define a nation’s visual identity.
The New Testament Church and the Tai Ji Men Case: The Mount Zion Saga in Comparative Perspective
The repression of the Christian millenarian movement during the Martial Law period in Taiwan has similarities with the post-authoritarian assault on Tai Ji Men.
Theosophy, “Thought-Forms,” and the Arts. 4. From Ringbom’s Legacy to Today’s Scholarship
How a once-marginal thesis reshaped the understanding of modernism’s spiritual roots.
Global Anti-Cultism and the Return of “Brainwashing” Theories
Accusing “cults” of “coercive persuasion” looked démodé, at least in academia and courts of law outside of France. But the discredited theory is coming back.
Theosophy, “Thought-Forms,” and the Arts. 3. Kandinsky and Theosophy in Munich.
How occult ideas and deep esoteric structures shaped the painter who transformed modern art.