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by  Nancy Derringer It’s trendy these days for people who didn’t vote for Donald Trump to describe his supporters as members of a cult. To be sure, the movement has a lot of the classic signs, from the constant cup-rattling for donations to “I alone can fix it.” They may not wear saffron robes or prairie dresses, but the red MAGA caps are pretty clear identifiers. For those of us who remember when you could spot a Republican by their Brooks Brothers neckt...

Some commentators close to Johnson have suggested that these alleged money problems are due to the reduction in his income since entering Downing Street, combined with payments for his indeterminate number of children, and his divorce from his second wife Marina Wheeler. Without having access to Johnsons personal financial records it is impossible to know for sure quite how seriously to take these claims of his supposed hardship. However, analysis of his declared income, as well as accounts of ...

Reports suggest UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is broke. But those who know him well believe there may be another explanation for his behavior.

Reports suggest UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is broke. But those who know him well believe there may be another explanation for his behavior.

Bill T. Jones brings a program of Saul Williams’s work to a New York Live Arts festival of ideas as audiences adjust to the city’s reopening.

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   Recently, someone asked me if religious work to convert cultures around the world could be considered a form of religious extremism. Questions like this open doors to uncomfortable rooms. We enter them at our own risk. “If we are going to talk about this,” I offered, “we have to be willing to talk about white supremacy.” To begin, we have to distinguish universalizing religions from ethnic religions. Ethnic religions are l...

Problem of Evil The Problem of Evil is an extremely well-known and constantly rehashed theological/philosophical argument. It is intended to prove that the idea of the Christian God contains a contradiction. It is often generalized to refer to the Judaic-Christian-IslamicGod (G-C-I God), as all three gods share the relevant characteristics. It is generally assumed that the J-C-I God is both omnipotent and infinitely benevolent. If you do not hold these to be true, the argument will not hold. ...

Reviews From SFFILM 2021 by Peter Wong on April 13, 2021 The documentary “Radiograph Of A Family” may primarily be filmmaker Firouzeh Khosrovani’s account of her parents’ marriage.  But it also manages to be an affecting metaphorical mid-20th century history of Iran’s two major cultural strands without being cloying or blatantly obvio...

Undark Days before the inauguration of President Joe Biden, at a time when some Americans were animated by the false conviction that former President Donald J. Trump had actually won the November election, a man in Colorado began texting warnings to his family. The coming days, he wrote, would be " the most important since World War II." Trump had invoked the Insurrection Act, the man believed, and he was arresting enemies in the Vatican and other countries. Predicting turbulence ahead, the man...

Can Cult Studies Offer Help With QAnon? The Science Is Thin. Many families have become divided over online political conspiracy theories, but the science on “brainwashing” is weak. MICHAEL SCHULSON February 24, 2021 DAYS BEFORE THE inauguration of President Joe Biden, at a time when some Americans were animated by the false conviction that former President Donald J. Trump had actually won the November election, a man in Colorado began texting warnings to his family. The coming days, he wrot...