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This list of new religious movements (NRMs), lists groups that either identify themselves as religious, ethical or spiritual organizations, or are generally seen as such by religious scholars, which are independent of older denominations, churches, or religious bodies.
Background
Although there is no one criterion or set of criteria for describing a group as a "new religious movement", use of the term usually requires that the group be both of recent origin and different from existing religions.
Debate surrounds the phrase "of recent origin". Some authors use World War II as the dividing line, whereas others define as "new" everything after the advent of the Bahá'í Faith (mid-19th century) or even everything after Sikhism (17th century).
Contents:
Movements
B
C
E
- Elan Vital (formerly Divine Light Mission),
- Esoteric Nazism
F
J
L
- Landmark Education (formerly Erhard Seminars Training)
M
- Manson Family
- Meher Baba followers
N
S
T
U
W
See also
Notes
- The definitions of "new" vary greatly. Some authors such as Eileen Barker and David V. Barrett, see as new movements those originating or appearing in a new context after World War II, others define as "new" movements originating after the Bahá'í Faith or even everything originating after Sikhism. For this article, the following is used: "The historical bench-mark normally taken to divide new religions from old is the Second World War or shortly after. Thus Peter Clarke identifies his focus as 'those new religions that have emerged in Britain since 1945'. (Clarke, 1987, p 5.) - http://web.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/diskus/chryssides.html Retrieved 18 September 2008
- ^ Bhugra, p. 126.
- ^ Beckford, p. 156.
- Goodrick-Clarke, p. 17.
- Lewis 2004, p. 195.
- Gallagher, p. 86.
- Aldridge, p. 46.
- York, p. 293.
- Enroth, p. 169.
- Atkins, p. 217.
- Partridge, pp. 188, 263–265.
- Lewis, p. 42.
- Reece, pp. 182-186.
- Wilson, p. 10.
- Lyon, p. 106.
- Chryssides, p. 335.
- Hanegraaff, p. 87.
References
- Aldridge, Alan E. (2000). Religion in the Contemporary World: A Sociological Introduction. Polity Press. ISBN 0745620833.
- Atkins, Stephen E. (2002). Encyclopedia of Modern American Extremists and Extremist Groups. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313315027.
- Beckford, James A. (2003). Social Theory and Religion. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521774314.
- Bhugra, Dinesh (1997). Psychiatry and Religion: Context, Consensus and Controversies. Routledge. ISBN 0415165121.
- Chryssides, George D. (2006). The A to Z of New Religious Movements. The Scarecrow Press, Inc. ISBN 0810855887.
- Enroth, Ronald M. (2005). A Guide To New Religious Movements. InterVarsity Press. ISBN 0830823816.
- Gallagher, Eugene V. (2006). Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0275987132.
- Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas (1993). The Occult Roots of Nazism. NYU Press. ISBN 0814730604.
- Hanegraaff, Wouter J. (1998). New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought. State University of New York Press. ISBN 0791438546.
- Lewis, James R. (2004). Controversial New Religions. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 978-0195156829.
- Lewis, James R. (2003). The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of UFO Religions. Prometheus Books. ISBN 1573929646.
- Lyon, David (2000). Jesus in Disneyland: Religion in Postmodern Times. Polity. ISBN 0745614892.
- Partridge, Christopher Hugh (2003). UFO Religions. Routledge. ISBN 0415263247.
- Reece, Gregory L. (2007). UFO Religion: Inside Flying Saucer Cults and Culture. I. B. Tauris. ISBN 1845114515.
- Wilson, Bryan (1999). New Religious Movements. Routledge. ISBN 0415200490.
- York, Michael (1995). The Emerging Network. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0847680010.
Further reading
- Barrett, D. V. The New Believers - A survey of sects, cults and alternative religions 2001 UK, Cassell & Co. ISBN 0-304-35592-5
- Hadden, Jeffrey K. and Douglas Cowan The New Religious Movements Homepage @The University of Virginia
- Chistopher Partridge, New Religions: A Guide, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-522042-0
- Religious Movements in the United States: An Informal Introduction
External links
- AcademicInfo: Religious Movements Gateway - Directory of Online Resources
- Hartford Institute of Religious Research: New religious movements
- Online texts about NRMs
- SSSR Resolution on New Religious Groups
- Diskus The on-disk journal of international Religious Studies
- Law Encyclopedia
