This cult, or new religion issue, has many important ramifications for student services. The Moon - Maryland case again puts some real questions before us. How do we facilitate the sound development of faith systems, a task currently slighted at best. We need a more honest and open approach for healthy development of integrated spirituality. Student support by institutions needs a more overt approach to the human core, the heart or soul as the seat of human life's integration of person.
Court cases raise more fences to isolate by law.
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