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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. 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).

Influenced by major religions

Buddhism-oriented

Main article: Schools of Buddhism

Christianity-oriented

Main article: List of Christian denominations

Hinduism-oriented

Main articles: Hindu revivalism and List of Hindu organisations

Islam-oriented / Quranic

Main article: Muslim sects See also: Quranic religions

Judaism-oriented

Main article: Jewish denominations

Sikhism-oriented

Main article: Sikhism See also: Category:Sikh groups and sects

Taoism-oriented

Main article: Taoism

Pagan-oriented

Main articles: Neopaganism and List of Neopagan movements

Also see the section on Neopagan religions (below).

Syncretistic

Main article: Syncretism

Faiths created from blending earlier religions or that consider all or some religions to be essentially the same, often founded by Mahdi/Maitreya/Messiah claimants who profess to fulfill multiple prophecies simultaneously.

Regional

NRMs with ties to local "indigenous" traditions or geographically limited influence.

Africa

NRMs based in Africa or drawing on traditional African religions.

Afro-American

Main article: Afro-American religions

Afro-Caribbean

Central Asia

Central and South America

China

India

Indonesia

Japan

Main article: Shinshukyo

Korea

Oceania

Philippines

Taiwan

United States

Vietnam

Neopaganism

Pagan religions in the category of Neopaganism.

Main article: List of Neopagan movements

Esotericism, New Age, Occultism, Spiritism

Main articles: Esotericism, New Age, Occultism, and Spiritism

UFO religions

Main article: UFO religion


Entheogenic

See also: Category:Religious organizations using entheogens

Technology-oriented

Further information: Transhumanism

Ethnic supremacist

See also

Notes

  1. 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
  2. ^ Power Faith and Religion, NPR April 12, 2005 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1895496
  3. Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America, Greenwood Press …, October 2006, p. 86, ISBN 978-0275987138 {{citation}}: |first= missing |last= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
  4. Cook, Ryan J, Research: NRMs & Govt., retrieved 30 April 2006
  5. http://www.uua.org/aboutus/glossaryacronyms/8945_21.shtml
  6. ^ Beckford, p. 156.
  7. ^ Bhugra, p. 126.
  8. Aldridge, p. 46.
  9. York, p. 293.
  10. A Guide to New Religious Movements, By: Ronald Enroth, Publisher: InterVarsity Press (June 30, 2005), Language: English, ISBN-10: 0830823816, ISBN-13: 978-0830823819
  11. Partridge, pp. 188, 263–265.
  12. Lewis, p. 42.
  13. Reece, pp. 182-186.
  14. Goodrick-Clarke, p. 17.
  15. Atkins, p. 217.

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.
  • Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas (1993). The Occult Roots of Nazism. NYU Press. ISBN 0814730604.
  • Lewis, James R. (2003). The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of UFO Religions. Prometheus Books. ISBN 1573929646.
  • 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.
  • York, Michael (1995). The Emerging Network. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0847680010.

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