RE100 Lecture Notes - New Age, New Religious Movement, One True
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New religious movement religions that are new. Religion itself may not be new but it"s in a new context. Hinduism first came in americas as hari krishna : cult comes from academic language but has a negative, those that are new branches of traditional religion baggage so now nrm. You have a significantly different version of religon that develops as such that is not recognized by the most. Example: mormonism: newly constructed made up. Scientology specific person comes up with a set of beliefs and doctrines he believes to be true and a church develops. Not a specific religion; it"s a movement. People have similar kinds of approaches and perspectives whether or not practicing or believing the same thing. New religious context: heavily on eastern religons, not that you"re becoming a certain religion; drawing on certain traditions only, also draws on western traditions. Interst in indigenous traditions: and some new creations.
