In the first inquiry of its kind in Australia, a Victorian parliamentary panel is currently probing the ways cults and fringe groups recruit and influence people. Cult Consulting Australia director ...

Over 2,200 entries provide information on new religious movements including all active cults and sects throughout the world.

Why can’t we look away from stories about cults? The real story may not be about those who fall prey, but about realizing that we’re all vulnerable to manipulation. From streaming documentaries to ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Seventy members of an Islamist sect who have been living in an underground bunker without heat or sunlight for nearly a decade have been discovered living on the outskirts of the ...

On a windy January 2024 night in South Phoenix, only a scattering of attendees occupied the pews at a church called Jericho Tabernacle. But as the regular Wednesday service began, the sounds of a ...

What is a cult? How are cults different from religions? What is a cult? How are cults different from religions? And why do many religious scholars say we shouldn’t even use that label? In this episode ...