...ds used are ambiguous. In his column at Patheos, Christian theologian Roger E. Olson addresses Safe and Unsafe Sects (and Problems with Terms for Alternative Religious Groups). A good article, though the mention of J. Go...
...The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that that France infringed the religious freedom of two religious sects and an evangelical church when it taxed their donations. The State of Georgia is investigating Scientol...
...The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that that France infringed the religious freedom of two religious sects and an evangelical church when it taxed their donations. The State of Georgia is investigating Scientol...
...f bloodshed recently with scenes reminiscent of some of the worst carnage during the days when the two Islamic sects battled each other as well as U.S.-led forces in the chaotic years after Saddam Hussein’s ouster. The v...
...ed. It said at least five people were wounded in the fighting. Events in Syria often raise tension among rival sects in neighbouring Lebanon, particularly in Tripoli. The Qusair offensive was just the latest indicator th...
...ted, appended, and retconned by men in power in order to maintain control and achieve personal gain. Different sects value different translations and interpretations of the core scriptures (I am a Star Wars Hasidic Jew, ...
... validity of claims from Vietnam didn’t take into account the reality of persecution against certain religious sects in specific parts of the country. “I can’t account for why there has been a significant increase this y...
...feel is relevant: “The moment you are aware of confusion, of exactly what is, you try to escape from it. Those sects which offer you a system for the solution of suffering, economic, social or religious, are the worst; b...
...r in the article, the theme of growth in the Global South is undermined somewhat by the growth of non-Catholic sects in traditionally Catholic areas [...] Ed Stocker’s Christian Science Monitor article touches upon Argen...
...ent. “Of course this was not legal but Hariri was was controlling the government to serve his position and the sects,” Tony Daoud, civil society activist with local NGO, Chaml tells IPS. Tagged: israel , lebanon , links ...