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News and Opinion

Is cult author Steven Hassan embellishing and/or exaggerating his bio?

Author Steven Hassan, who writes and speaks about groups called "cults," has a personal history of cult involvement. Hassan was in the Unification Church ("Moonies") founded by Sun Myung Moon for two years in the 1970s. And his origin story includes a dramatic "deprogramming" intervention arranged by his parents. However, it... More

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• Olivet University Keeps Religious Accreditation
• People view coercive control in relationships as less harmful when the victim is a man
• Dissolved But Not Gone: Unification Church Reorganizes in Japan

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