Religion News

Note: The information shown below the line was first posted in August 1998 and updated in February 2003. The text is archived here to preserve the history of this page (and keep existing links to it working).

For up-to-date news about religions and cults, visit Religion News Blog

Published by Apologetics Index, Religion News Blog is a religious news service that highlights and archives news items and other resources about cults, religious sects, alternative religions, Christian denominations, and related issues. RNB's non-profit news clipping service is used by - among others - Christian apologists, countercult professionals, anticult organizations, teachers, religion professionals, reporters and other researchers.

In short: RNB is a service that alerts Christian apologetics- and counter-cult professionals - as well as other academic and professional communities - to relevant religion news from around the world.

This non-profit service is provided as a research resource, and is intended for educational purposes only.

Items included in RNB are provided for "information only." Unless otherwise indicated, no endorsements are intended. Opinions expressed in the articles are those of the original authors, publications, and/or inviduals or organizations quoted.

In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 these news items are distributed without profit for research and educational purposes. Copyright remains with the original author and/or publisher. If you wish to use copyrighted material for purposes that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. Copyright owners who object to having their material included in the Religion News Blog archive may request, in writing, that it be removed.

Before we started Religion New Blog, Apologetics Index published the "Religion News Report." This was a newsletter posted to the AR-talk mailing list. The newsletters were then archived at this site. Publication in that format ceased at the end of February, 2002, but news items continued to be published to a Yahoo Groups mailing list

On July 18, 2002, the Religion News Blog came online.

• Many of the entries in our A-Z Index include resource listings for current and archived news items. This is the easiest way to find relevant news items.
  
  See, for example, recent news items regarding Aum Shinrikyo, Scientology, Falun Gong, or items about Religion Trends.
  
  
• The News Articles Database allows you to search for news items added to the archive between Oct. 25, 1999 and Jan. 31, 2002.
  
  
• For items published after July 15, 2002, see Religion News Blog, which includes a good search engine, as well as a topical news tracker.

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For a while we provided a service which allowed researchers to request a copy of the full stories excerpted by us. Alas, we had to stop doing so, primarily because it took up way too much of our time and energy. We apologize for any inconvenience, but nowadays it is much easier to find such items online -- either free or in a paid archive -- at their original sources.

To find the full items:
• Check with the original source first.
• If a URL is provided, see if the story is available at the Internet Archive, or
• Use Google's Avanced Search to look for an exact phrase within the item.


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