A former Ohio high school football coach and current right-wing minister is hot under the collar after he believes he was subjected to watch an excessively lascivious Super Bowl LIV halftime show, courtesy of J-Lo and Shakira.
Press release detailing ACLU victory in case filed against the London City School District, where members of the high school coaching staff allegedly breached "the First Amendment wall of separation between church and state." Daubenmire admitted to including the Lord's Prayer, allowing ministers to lead the team's prayer, and to including Bible stories in meetings.
Article examining the impact of the 1993 Branch Davidian conflict on emerging anticult movements in Hungary. Following the fall of the Soviet Union, new religious movements developed, facing opposition from policymakers who used events like the 1993 conflict to advocate for anticult legislation, limiting new religious movements.
NPR web adaption of an interview about the Wago conflict between federal law enforcement and Branch Davidians. Author Jeff Guinn provides insight on misunderstandings that contributed to the standoff and Koresh's legacy today.
Analysis of the media's role in the Waco tragedy, with particular attention given to the "psychologizing" of the issue and how the media tied Branch Davidian developments to popular anticultist ideology. Draws on Herman and Chomsky's (1988) "propaganda model" to explain the media's role as an instrument of U.S. elites.
This paper explores the nature of this group and its position against Zionism. The main focus is about their anti-Zionism ideology in connection with the notion of Jewish ‘homeland’ and ‘diaspora’.
The article examines the modesty campaigns led by Neturei Karta circles in the period 1938––1974 under the leadership of Rabbi Amram Blau (1896––1974). It explores the defensive and offensive stages of the modesty campaign that was aimed mostly to strengthen the Haredi enclave and to separate it from secular Jerusalem with the establishment of the modesty patrols.