<p>In this episode, we consider the first of eight characteristics of 'cults'. Milieu control is a way in which groups provide limits to what members can say, read, view, or even think. Such control happens all the time, in groups of all sorts. But the question is: at what point (if at all) does such control become 'cultish' in nature?</p>

In this episode, we consider the first of eight characteristics of 'cults'. Milieu control is a way in which groups provide limits to what members can say, read, view, or even think. Such control happens all the time, in groups of all sorts. But the question is: at what point (if at all) does such control become 'cultish' in nature?

Is Evangelicalism a Cult? Milieu Control

Every other week, Dr. Bruce Ellis Benson invites you to join him in a conversation on some of the most important questions in the world of contemporary christianity. What does it mean to ‘deconstruct’ your Christianity? What is religion, and what is its future? Who  — or what — is God? Dr. Benson deploys years of training in philosophy and theology, as well as experience teaching in some of the world’s most highly-regarded universities, to answer these questions and many others.

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Every other week, Dr. Bruce Ellis Benson invites you to join him in a conversation on some of the most important questions in the world of contemporary christianity. What does it mean to ‘deconstruct’ your Christianity? What is religion, and what is its future? Who — or what — is God? Dr. Benson deploys years of training in philosophy and theology, as well as experience teaching in some of the world’s most highly-regarded universities, to answer these questions and many others.

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