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There are a number of modern ideologies that function like religious cults. To examine them first we need to define what a cult is. Modern movements like Marxism or radical environmentalism cannot be understood except as religious systems of thought. Modern western cults, or marginal religious groups as some scholars call them, often originate in Christianity.
By Phil MitchellThere are a number of modern ideologies that function like religious cults. To examine them first we need to define what a cult is. Modern movements like Marxism or radical environmentalism cannot be understood except as religious systems of thought. Modern western cults, or marginal religious groups as some scholars call them, often originate in Christianity.