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Abstract:The testimonies of the apostates and their captivity narratives and atrocity tales often have a great impact on the conflict between new religious movements and general society. The reason behind this is both the great persuasive power that those narratives wield, which stems from personal experience, and the negative bias of the public that seldom questions their truthfulness and accuracy. One of the examples of apostates' narratives largely contributing to a violent solution of a conflict with a New Religious Movement, is the case of the Twelve Tribes. The article describes the role of the apostates that led to a raid on a German community of this movement in 2013 and pursues parallels with the raid on a community of the same movement in 1984 in Vermont. The text also briefly mentions other violent conflicts in new religious movements at large.Keywords: Twelve Tribes movement, New Religious Movements, religious community, apostasy, raid, "captivity narratives", "atrocity tales" Abstrakt: Svědectví apostatů a jejich "příběhy zajetí" a "ohavné historky" vstupují do konfliktů nových náboženských hnutí a většinové společnosti obvykle s velkou razancí. Je způsobena přesvědčivostí těchto narací vyplývající z osobní zkušenosti i tím, že negativně naladěná veřejnost obvykle nijak nezpochybňuje jejich pravdivost a přesnost. Jedním z nových náboženských hnutí, v jejichž případě narace apostatů významně přispěly k pokusům o násilné řešení konfliktů, je hnutí Dvanáct kmenů. Článek popisuje roli apostatů v okolnostech razie v komunitě tohoto hnutí v Německu roku 2013 a naznačuje paralely s razií v komunitě téhož hnutí ve Vermontu roku 1984, okrajově též s násilnými událostmi v jiných nových náboženských hnutích.Klíčová slova: hnutí Dvanáct kmenů, nová ná-boženská hnutí, náboženská komunita, apostaze, razie, "příběhy zajetí", "ohavné historky"

Although millennialism has recently been the subject of much scholarly discussion, no research has been done on the millennial expectations of the Grail Movement, which has been influential in Europe. This article describes the beginnings of this millennial group in central Europe before the Second World War and sums up the basics of the Grail Message. After the death of the founder and the restoration of religious freedom in postwar Europe, the Movement overcame disappointment by replacing the emphasis on the imminent millennial kingdom with an emphasis on individual spiritual evolution. The millennial expectations of the Grail Movement, however, are still alive, especially in offshoots. They were reintroduced in a dramatic way in the early 1990s by a Czech, Jan Dvorsky. The rise and the fall of his group, the Imanuelites, are described to show how millennial ideas can be renewed.

Czechia could be labeled as country of an indifferent approach to religious ideas, as religious faith is considered a private issue, and the role of religion in the public sphere is low. This article summarizes the first attempt to research Korean Protestant churches active in current Czechia. A total of fourteen churches is briefly overviewed stating that the churches are not successful in gaining new members throughout the Czech population. Also, a clear distinction cannot be drawn between diaspora and missionary churches, but rather mixed types can be observed. The findings show that the churches do not accommodate their mission strategies according to the religiously indifferent milieu in Czechia, mostly because the missionaries are not aware of this situation. Moreover, language is identified as the main barrier in communication. We conclude by stating that this topic is poorly understudied and difficult to follow due to its dynamic yet closed nature.