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India Is One Step Closer to a Hindu Theocracy

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former President Donald Trump are hyper-nationalists and Islamophobes. Both push fear-driven campaigns based on historical grievances and aversion to foreign religions and ethnicities. A militant Hindu monk has been elected to lead India’s largest state, and he is rabidly anti-Muslim.

How I Escaped from the Shiny Happy People, but Still Had Survivor’s Guilt

As I watched the hit docu-series "Shiny, Happy, People," I realized I needed to address a different set of questions: How did I — a child raised into that organization — break free? How can anyone break free of misguided, fundamentalist religious movements or cult-like organizations and, yet, still retain any kind of religious belief?

Spokane pastor calls fundamentalism a psychiatric disorder

Rev. Todd F. Eklof, of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane, said in a press release today that he plans to deliver a sermon on Sunday calling on mental health professionals to begin considering fundamentalism a psychiatric disorder.

What causes religious fundamentalism?

Religious fundamentalism is a reaction to this alienation. People search “to find the places we used to play.” They crave something heavy to anchor their lives; something that won’t change; something to serve as a reference point.

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