Like other religious movements, the group was accused by its opponents of luring and “brainwashing” prospective converts.
Testimonies Global
The Jesus Christians. 5. Answering the “Left Behind” Book Series
By publishing novels of their own, challenging the famous end-of-the-world franchise, the group presented its post-tribulationist millennialism.
The Jesus Christians. 4. The Nullarbor Walkers
Walking through a treeless desert for 1,600 kilometers without food, water, or money was an attempt to wake up a dormant country for God.
The Jesus Christians. 3. A Passage to India
Cleaning Chennai’s Pondy Bazaar sewer, 1993.
The Jesus Christians. 2. Criticizing “Churchianity”
A radical proposal: to follow Jesus rather than the institutional churches, the group experimented with living in poverty and limiting the use of money to a minimum.
The Jesus Christians. 1. African, Quaker, and Other Connections
New series: an in-depth analysis of a little-known and often unjustly maligned movement.
Japan: Dissolution of the Unification Church. The Duval Report. 5. Freedom of Religion or Belief
The Tokyo District Court claimed its decision did not violate international and constitutional principles of religious liberty. It was wrong.
Japan: Dissolution of the Unification Church. The Duval Report. 4. The 2009 Declaration of Compliance
Paradoxically, the dissolution was pronounced after the methods for soliciting donations that the court had objected to had almost disappeared.
Japan: Dissolution of the Unification Church. The Duval Report. 3. Reading the Decision
The District Court relied not only on civil cases but also on settlements and statements, and ignored the issue of deprogramming.
Japan: Dissolution of the Unification Church. The Duval Report. 2. The Japanese Context
The court decision is the culmination of almost forty years of harassment of the religious movement by politically motivated and greedy lawyers.