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What’s the line between religion and cult? It’s blurry in this community in the California redwoods

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Book Review O Sinners! By Nicole CuffyOne World: 464 pages, $28 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.orgwhose fees support independent bookstores. What’s the line between a religion and a cult? It involves money, no doubt. And control over who you can see and what you … Read more

Errol Morris’ new Charles Manson documentary presents alternative theories about killings

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One of the prevailing theories around Charles Manson is that the infamous cult leader had intended to incite a race war by orchestrating his so-called family’s killing spree in the 1960s. But Errol Morris casts doubts on that narrative in his new documentary, “Chaos: The Manson Murders,” out now on Netflix. Based on the book … Read more