Causes include the lack of scholars sympathetic to new religious movements and the post-Cold War political situation.
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The Anti-Unification Church Movement in Japan. 2. Left-Wing Forces
The Unification movement’s International Federation for Victory over Communism greatly upset the Socialists and Communists. They reacted.
The Anti-Unification Church Movement in Japan. 1. Christian Pastors and Opposing Parents
Clergy who viewed Unificationists as heretics and parents who thought their children had been brainwashed formed the initial opposition.
Unholy Alliances: China, Japan, Korea, and the Global Anti-Cult Crusade
At a “secret” symposium in South Korea, a Japanese anti-cult academic and Korean Christian heresy hunters joined forces with high-ranking Chinese Communist Party officials.
Around Giacomo Balla: Italian Futurists and Theosophy. 3. Balla: The Early Years
Freemasonry and the anti-Catholic rhetoric of the “Third Rome” were important for the friends Balla met when he moved from Turin to Rome. Theosophy was not far away.
A Religious Liberty Crisis in Korea. 4. The China and Japan Connection
Why are Christian anti-cultists cooperating with leftist Japanese lawyers and an atheistic regime that persecutes religion?
A Religious Liberty Crisis in Korea. 3. Criminal Anti-Cultism: Deprogramming
The practice of kidnapping, confining, and “de-converting” members of “cults” has been banned in all democratic countries—except Korea, where some victims died.
A Religious Liberty Crisis in Korea. 2. The Korean Anti-Cult Movement
The opposition to “cults” in the country is mostly a fundamentalist Protestant affair focused on preventing “sheep stealing” and competition.
A Religious Liberty Crisis in Korea. 1. “Vicious Raids on Churches”
Churches raided, internationally famous religious leaders mistreated, and religion-based political mobilizations prohibited. What exactly is happening in South Korea?
The Cult of Consensus: Japan’s Anti-Cultists’ Chinese and Western Connections
“Cult” opponents in Japan started networking with China and the American and European anti-cult movement well before the assassination of Shinzo Abe.