The Kingdom of Matthias In The Kingdom of Matthias‚ Paul E. Johnson retells the tale of a religious cult that was founded in the 1820s-1830s. Robert Matthews‚ an emigrant who grew up in Cambridge‚ New York‚ was a member of the orthodox Scots Presbyterian Church‚ which at the time was an incredibly strict religion that basically taught and believed that people naturally do wrong and commit sinful acts. Elijah Pierson‚ who later came to be called Elijah the Tishbite was a descendant of Puritans
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Eliza and husband‚ Chief Dike Akukamadu‚ a business mogul‚ becomes a sleeping partner to the chief. Aside living a carefree life‚ she is also a cultist. Her friend‚ Rose‚ introduces her to Daughters of Jezebel‚ the female wing of Red Atlantic cult. The cult was notorious for all manners of indecent appearance on campus‚ including nudity‚ which was regarded as the most sacred mark of the sisterhood of Jezebel. Blossom torment starts
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in terms of wider social changes. Hence‚ in this essay‚ I shall discuss several sociological explanations for this occurrence. Firstly‚ Steve Bruce (1995‚ 1996) attributes the development of a range of religious institutions‚ including sects and cults‚ to a general process of modernization and secularization. He believes the weakness of more conventional institutionalized religions has encouraged some people to consider less traditional alternatives. As modern societies developed and faith in traditional
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Jarrod Felty January 10‚ 2006 Psychology Report I will be discussing with you the topics of brainwashing and cult-like behaviors. I’ll be explaining the effects of brainwashing on the human mind and how it appeals other into it’s dark and unknown world of misbeliefs. Brainwashing has played a major role in cult-like behaviors‚ everything from gang related activities to the KKK. Cults are a system or community of religious worship and rituals that are emtremist or false guidance. Brainwashing
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MANAGING CULTISM IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS BY SULAIMAN ABDULLAHI KARWAI‚ Ph.D‚ fmca‚ mnim‚ mimc‚ DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY‚ ZARIA. Abstract Importunate secret cult activities have created a culture of fear and turned many tertiary institutions into centres of violence‚ where Fear‚ anxiety and insecurity of lives and properties are the order of the day. These scenarios have resulted in poor learning‚ poor performance and low academic attainment. The objective
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involving New Religious Movements since their emergence from the West in the 1960’s. The word cult has become associated with negative emotional connotations which made the public to have a general perception that it should be hated‚ feared or be avoided. The complexity of this subject has led scholars to abandon the popular term cult and agreed on a more neutral term New Religious Movements. In theology‚ cults are groups which deviate from traditional forms of Christian orthodoxy. Therefore‚ the writer
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there he headed to Kirtland in search of a Mormon Prophet named Joseph Smith (pg 3). When confronting Smith‚ Matthias gave a fake name and quickly became “friends.” The shared an enemy in the Finneyite reform‚ one that Matthias sought to look into. His cult eventually became his end and demolished him from the inside out. One of the first and closest followers of Matthias and his teachings was a man by the name of Elijah Pierson. Pierson was born a Calvinist‚ but later became Matthias’s number one follower
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present by juxtaposing Kirsten’s and Tyler’s experiences with Arthur and its effect on their value for the past. Kirsten who is enamoured by the past contrasts with Tyler who despises the memories of the past as it prevents Tyler’s plans to advance his cult. Their enmity is a result of their varying levels of importance they place on the past. Kirsten and Tyler’s
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considered a cult leader. Modern psychologists study him and what is called social psychology Cult leaders often use techniques such as violence and isolation to control the minds of members. Jim Jones used many ideas of George Orwell‚ and twisted them to his benefit‚ such as subjecting people to their fears. The control of one’s mind gives control to a cult leader. By studying how Jim Jones managed to convince over 900 people to drink cyanide laced Kool-Aid‚ modern psychologists can learn how cults are controlled
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many people. He is a psychotic man who never really killed anyone but in fact used his leadership skills and manipulative ability to take advantage of other people so they would kill for him. Charles Manson is a name fond to most. It was Manson‚ a cult leader‚ who in the 1960’s‚ that led a group of people on a killing spree that left multiple people dead. Although he never actually killed anyone‚ he was still held responsible for the deaths of many innocent people. Certain to never live a normal
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