https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to jim jones en https://religiondispatches.org/2021/09/14/gutting-roe-isnt-about-religion-its-product-white-terror Abortion is the best f**king thing to happen to you. These words were uttered by the Black female protagonist of my play White Nights, Black Paradise , a Black feminist reimagining of Peoples Temple and the 1978 Jonestown massacre… Tue, 14 Sep 2021 01:53:41 EDT Sikivu Hutchinson 2b2844d5-7b1e-482a-a083-c9225a7311bf https://religiondispatches.org/2021/07/19/cult-inaccurate-unhelpful-and-dangerous-label-followers-trump-qanon-and-16 In the twentieth century the word “ cult ” (originally meaning “worship”) became a pejorative word that people apply to a group or movement that they do not like and perhaps fear. The word “cult” implies a stereotype that involves… Mon, 19 Jul 2021 02:22:53 EDT Catherine Wessinger a0342f76-3e08-4527-8e0b-18a8e97d57ca https://religiondispatches.org/2021/05/06/what-can-fascination-sister-cindy-teach-us-about-none-generation Sister Cindy, 40-year campus ministry veteran and now darling of ironic Gen Z TikTok , visited Butler University recently. Earlier in the day, she’d projected a 3:30 pm arrival, and within minutes of the announcement half a dozen students in… Thu, 06 May 2021 03:50:14 EDT Chad Bauman 66258b6b-98fd-45b2-b5eb-c0d2f042f413 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/05/28/name-father-son-and-q-why-its-important-see-qanon-hyper-real-religion In a May 13 th article published in The Atlantic , Adrienne LaFrance offers her readers a deep dive into the QAnon movement. The article argues that when surveying QAnon, we’re not only examining a conspiracy theory, we’re observing the… Thu, 28 May 2020 11:09:25 EDT Marc-André Argentino a7118ead-befd-4e51-88f2-23f1c1f1738c https://religiondispatches.org/2018/11/16/jonestown-40-real-conspiracy-more-disturbing-theories Rather than parse the definition of murder, or deconstruct the hearts of people long expecting to die, it seems most appropriate to conclude that murder and suicide occurred on that day. Fri, 16 Nov 2018 04:42:39 EST Rebecca Moore ff80e8f1-b59f-43b2-b0ec-88d8a6706ea0 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/09/25/cue-kool-aid-watching-jonestown-docs-fake-news-era Documentaries have always been artificial constructs blurring the line between fact and fiction, but new developments have changed the stakes. Tue, 25 Sep 2018 04:02:03 EDT Rebecca Moore e56c54d6-59c8-4b3a-974a-03bdcbf93875 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/11/03/peoples-temple-black-church-and-tragic-legacy-jonestown A conversation with author Sikivu Hutchinson Tue, 03 Nov 2015 07:29:43 EST Anita Little bc42fd08-56e3-4bbd-ae60-25f8f5fd4611 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/07/09/can-you-make-comedy-about-ufo-cult-mass-suicide Austin-based filmmaker David Jones is going to try. Thu, 09 Jul 2015 12:57:39 EDT Joseph Laycock b5c39961-991a-4610-a513-7ca4280fda34 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/04/07/herd-heroism-age-rebels-cultural-roots-anti-vaxxer-movement Collect all the evidence that vaccines cause autism and endanger children, and you will have a very, very thin file. Collect all the evidence that there’s an appeal to believing that vaccines cause autism and endanger children, though, and you… Tue, 07 Apr 2015 04:53:30 EDT Michael Schulson dcd33783-6963-4c53-b6e6-0d6858c3ead6 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/02/23/graeme-wood-isis-no-such-thing-objective-critique The debate continues to deepen over Graeme Wood’s Atlantic cover story on ISIS: Murtaza Hussain has noted how Wood ignores debates among Islamic intellectuals, Juan Cole argues for the fringe status of the group, likening them to Kentucky snake handlers… Mon, 23 Feb 2015 03:52:48 EST Eric M. Gurevitch ca77d282-c9fd-4af2-b36e-b83bafb7c04d https://religiondispatches.org/2014/07/23/racist-ramtha-tirade-questions-we-arent-asking This week a news item has been making the rounds concerning a video of New Age channeler JZ Knight making offensive remarks about Jews, Catholics, Mexicans, and gays. An article by Susy Buchanan of the Southern Poverty Law Center described… Wed, 23 Jul 2014 04:34:34 EDT Joseph Laycock a1d7cbcc-e165-415d-9bf0-990b75d17b75 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/07/20/romanian-exorcist-released-prison-becomes-new-folk-devil In 2005, world news reported on an exorcism in Tanacu, Romania, in which Irina Cornici, a 23-year-old nun, died after being gagged and bound to a cross without food for three days. In 2007, Daniel Corogeanu, the priest who oversaw… Sun, 20 Jul 2014 09:35:57 EDT Joseph Laycock 74e98d5f-040a-441c-992c-d8c71cfd7cbd https://religiondispatches.org/2013/12/12/why-did-so-many-black-women-die-jonestown-35 Why did this ultimately tragic movement, led by a young white man, appeal to so many African-American women? Thu, 12 Dec 2013 02:21:21 EST Sikivu Hutchinson 5993d562-fc6d-41d8-876a-bf1afbe8f83d https://religiondispatches.org/2013/05/18/racial-politics-atheism The absence of historical and sociological context for atheist politics, and its disconnection from social justice activism, will keep it in the lily-white one-percent column. Sat, 18 May 2013 03:25:29 EDT Sikivu Hutchinson 90167c97-09dc-44f2-9a2b-bf59978a6108 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/02/26/why-we-wont-let-jonestown-or-911-or-sandy-hook-die The latest work to contend with the brutality of Jonestown begs the question: why are we still reliving this tragedy nearly 35 years later? Tue, 26 Feb 2013 02:39:20 EST Kelsey Osgood d002e406-d356-4a64-ab60-812f7f6df73c https://religiondispatches.org/2012/02/07/watch-new-birth-throne-eddie-long-declared-king-rabbi The disgraced preacher takes the “kingdom” to the next level of church pimping. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:37:01 EST Anthea Butler 85a8f934-1049-4bdb-9e30-230718c736b1 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/10/10/why-do-southerners-call-mormonism-cult An interview with Patrick Mason, the nation’s leading scholarly expert on anti-Mormonism. Mon, 10 Oct 2011 06:46:13 EDT Joanna Brooks c268f4a8-9980-46e3-ba1c-42e8b72d8981 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/10/18/religion-profs-critique-pbs-god-documentary-call-it-simplistic Some professional historians and scholars of American religion have criticized PBS’ God doc. This is not a surprise. After all, when has the academic community ever been comfortable watching its territory invaded by an army of people lacking PhDs? On blogs, religion and history listserves, and chat rooms around the country, academics have labeled the series “oversimplified,” “truly bizarre,” “simplistic,” “intolerable,” “uneventful,” “underwhelming.” Essentially they are calling the series not enough of an “intellectual endeavor.” Mon, 18 Oct 2010 03:58:14 EDT Matthew Avery Sutton f471fc02-8958-40b9-9c9c-b75350efd694 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/10/06/did-we-drink-kool-aid-suicide-cult-disappearance Religion watchers across the country followed the story, just over a week ago, of the frantic search in California for a “prayer group” that authorities feared intended to commit suicide. Was the “cult” label responsible for the hyperbolic coverage? Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:35:02 EDT Julie Ingersoll 9e3d36c1-a67d-42d8-bd4c-9cf74acdafe7 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/03/23/first-draft-history-today-could-be-fox-news-promo-tomorrow Interfaith Alliance lobbies textbook publishers to stand up to Texas’ historical white-washing Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:28:20 EDT Lauri Lebo a02fe9a1-60c5-441a-988b-c3701351bc91