“We all have an idea of what constitutes a cult,” writes author Jane Borden in “Cults Like Us – Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America” (One Signal Publishers). “The word cult conjures a ...

Some of the most notorious cults in history, the majority of which are American, are embedded in our minds. Our curiosity is piqued by the origins of these groups, the enigmatic qualities of their ...

Cults are not unique to the United States, but there is a long history of cults in America. "Compared to other developed nations, the U.S. does have this consistent relationship with cults," Amanda ...

The most famous cults in American history are embedded in our cultural imagination. We’re fascinated by how they start, what it is about their leaders that is so enigmatic, and whether ...

But that image couldn’t be further from the truth and in “Cults Like Us” Borden charts not just the murky history of cult ideologies in America, but how the country remains a breeding ground ...

There are the Black elites and then there are the rest of us. Ibram X. Kendi is one of them. Despite his middle class upbringing and current vast material wealth, he has made a living out of ...

This cult discussion was a strange conversation ... I’d done well for a Norwegian American girl from South Dakota who could barely lead another in silent prayer. My parents thought our social ...

And the truth? That’s something Jim Willis tries to uncover in “American Cults: Cabals, Corruption, and Charismatic Leaders.” And he begins by pointing out that religious zealotry is as ...