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Eckankar
The Religion of the Light and Sound of God
1965 CE – present · New Religious Movement · Living · US (Minnesota), Nigeria, Ghana, worldwide
VIII. POSTWAR & CONTEMPORARY — 1945 – PRESENT
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### Its timeline
- 1965 CE Twitchell founds Eckankar in San Diego.
- 1970s CE Scholarly criticism. David C. Lane's research documents extensive unattributed borrowing from Radhasoami literature and from the writings of Julian Johnson, and disputes the claimed lineage. Eckankar disputes his conclusions.
- 1971 CE Twitchell dies; Darwin Gross succeeds.
- 1981 CE Harold Klemp becomes the Mahanta; Gross is later expelled and litigation follows.
- 1986–1990 CE Headquarters relocate to Chanhassen, Minnesota; the Temple of ECK is built and dedicated in 1990.
- 1990s–present Substantial growth in Nigeria and Ghana, where Eckankar is one of the larger new religious movements.
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