The secretive religious group is the subject of the new Paramount+ documentary, 'Devotion: Obedience or Betrayal' ...

What’s the line between a religion and a cult? It involves money, no doubt. And control over who you can see and what you can say. And a narcissistic leader too. But the line still can get fuzzy ...

How did Christianity shape North Korea? A new 745-page book argues the regime built by Kim Il Sung resembles a national ...

The difference between a cult and a religion is not belief, but control. Scholars focus on authority structures, treatment of dissent, and the cost of leaving. Religions generally allow questioning, ...

The Orphic Cult of Ancient Greece offered a radical promise of afterlife salvation, reincarnation, and divine escape from the ...

I had been a member of the Children of God for two decades, but was growing disillusioned with its controlling behaviour and worrying sexual practices. Then I heard Michael Stipe’s lyrics and was set ...