Thirty years after Aum Shinrikyo attacked Tokyo’s subways, the nation continues to prepare for the unthinkable.

Nicole Cuffy’s second novel, 'O Sinners!,' examines the blurry lines between cult and religion, making for both a clever ...

Streets closer to religious places, adjacent to churches, or with prominent devout members got their names inspired by them. But the origins aren’t always clear.

A member of a religious cult was sentenced to life in prison for his role in a child abuse and exploitation ring led by a self-proclaimed leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of ...

Step inside chilling true stories and fictional nightmares about cults, mind control, and manipulation that make even the ...

How tiny Oregon, Illinois, has spent decades grappling with one strange congregation, from abuse allegations to a leader who ...

The depiction of a Dionysiac mystery cult now serves as an “exceptional historical document,” allowing us a glimpse into one ...

It could be Preacher, who has a religious bent; or Bigger ... Metaphorically, Cuffy suggests, a man of cult-leader timber possesses some of those characteristics. But the one thing all of those ...

A24's horror film Opus explores the mysterious cults led by pop star Alfred Moretti, with John Malkovich's character invoking ...

Kanye West is back in the news again, this time for reportedly demanding singers auditioning for his Sunday Service Choir shave their heads.

Last year, I went looking for a food containing Lactobacillus plantarum for a client’s specific health concerns and found Coconut Cult. “We’re kind of religious about probiotics,” its ...