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Apologetics Index is a huge site consisting of - at this moment - 42,850+ pages. The information in this entry will help you find your way around, and to get the most out of the site. • About this page • Color Key • Blue border = Quoted material

News and News Archive

Many entries in our A-Z Index include links to related news items - both archived and up-to-date.

You'll also find up-to-date news about religious cults, sects, religions and related issues at Religion News Blog, which is operated by Apologetics Index.

Shown here are the most recent headlines:

Incidentally, if you have a website, you may use that news ticker free of charge.

Items published in our previous news publication, Religion News Report, are archived on this site (this archive includes items posted between Oct. 25, 1999 and Jan. 31, 2002), while items published in Religion News Blog are archived there (from July 2002 - older articles are added as time permits).

Thus there are several ways that you can access RNR news items:

The latest news is always posted at Religion News Blog.
Use the pre-defined archived news searches found at certain A-Z Index entries. Examples: Branch Davidians, Falun Gong
Use the pre-defined searches for current news items. Examples: Scientology, Aum Shinrikyo
Search the database yourself.

The Color Key

Throughout the A-Z Index, a simple color-coding system is used to help you identify the general background of sites, articles and other listings:

      Christian
      Non-Christian
      Secular
      Pluralistic
      Grey Zone or Offkey
      Aberrational, Heretical, Heterodox, Suborthodox or Unorthodox
      Academic
      Hate Groups
      Profess to be Christian but are outside orthodox Christianity.

Important: These keys are meant as handy visual aids - not full-blown theological commentaries. For example, they are helpful to quickly find a site that addresses, say, Scientology from a Christian perspective, or one that deals with Wicca from a non-Christian point of view. They are not meant to convey, say, the degree of orthodoxy or heresy.

Throughout the site, you'll encounter these two other keys:

      Incidates an off-site link
      Indicates a separate window. The link will open in a new, smaller window (javascript).
        Blue border = Quoted material

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• Subject: How To Use Apologetics Index
• First posted: Jun. 11, 2001
• Last Updated: Aug. 23, 2004
• Editor: Anton Hein
• Copyright: Apologetics Index
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Apologetics Index provides 42,850+ pages of research resources on religious cults, sects, new religious movements, alternative religions, apologetics-, anticult-, and countercult organizations, doctrines, religious practices and world views. These resources reflect a variety of theological and/or sociological perspectives.

The site provides information that helps equip Christians to logically present and defend the Christian faith, and that aids non-Christians in their comparison of various religious claims. Issues addressed range from spiritual and cultic abuse to contemporary theological and/or sociological concerns.

Apologetics Index also includes a Cult FAQ, information about cult experts, ex-cult support resources, up-to-date religion news (ReligionNewsBlog.com), cult news, articles on Christian life and ministry, and a variety of other features.