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Kate BlanchardApril 23, 2013

On the 20th Anniversary of Waco

By Kate Blanchard

Why are people attracted to living charismatic leaders?

(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.

#RDISPATCHES

- 8 hours ago

@Delafina777 @SmashMammon Totally unfamiliar with them - but you're right. In addition to uncritically promoting numerous antisemitic narratives, this article is a deeply irresponsible exercise in exactly the kind of "Christian chauvinism" the publication's values statement claims to work against.

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- 14 hours ago

"Two people can look at the same information and respond to it in different ways," Donovan Schaefer tells @mpgPhD. "That’s what you need to take affect into account for: thinking and feeling are a weave—they’re a cat’s cradle; they’re all linked together." https://t.co/HbSyxnLnXE

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- 1 day ago

@mpgPhD: .@evanderkacz asked me to talk to Donovan Schaefer while we were both at @TheReligionLab last month which I did! but also I accidentally invented a gameshow? anyway this was fun; check it out https://t.co/pLLL9uVvNk

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