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(A)theologies, CultureJuly 3, 2009

‘Culting’: From Waco to Fundamentalist Mormons

By Catherine Wessinger

When the media labels a religious group a “cult,” it fans the flames of intolerance and can endanger the group’s most vulnerable members.

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"Was this particular offense actually unintentional?" asks @BlanchardKate of a Hamline professor. "The direct cause of the controversy is that the instructor knew she was going to offend the Muslim students entrusted to her, and she did it anyway." https://t.co/D7Kz7b6syq

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ICYMI: The latest NAR reporting from @FredClarkson and @andre_gagne1: https://t.co/z5t4z8ANdy

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In the Hamline University firing, "we should be concerned because the university shouldn’t be a corporation, the student should not be treated as a customer, and faculty should not be treated as an input cost," writes Junaid Jahangir: https://t.co/DcYyk3QHSA

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