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New Religious Movements Or Cults and Sects

New Religious Movements Or Cults and Sects. Sects. A sect: demands greater conformity of its members than a church is exclusive in membership distances itself from the concerns of larger society claims to be the bearer of religious truth. Cults. A cult:

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New Religious Movements Or Cults and Sects

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  1. New Religious MovementsOrCults and Sects

  2. Sects • A sect: • demands greater conformity of its members than a church • is exclusive in membership • distances itself from the concerns of larger society • claims to be the bearer of religious truth

  3. Cults • A cult: • is founded by a charismatic leader who remains the focus of the followers • normally claims a new revelation from God • demands a high level of conformity by its members • is viewed with extreme suspicion by established religious communities

  4. New Religious Movements • New • Understood as a recent development relative to older established religions

  5. New Religious Movements • Religious • It must involve myths, rituals, beliefs, symbols, sacred texts, etc. • Its overall aim must be religious in nature, that is, offering a form of salvation either in this life or the next.

  6. New Religious Movements • Movement (can be understood in two ways) • It generally grows out of a current that moves within a wider organization, or within society as a whole. • It is in motion. It is in the process of changing or evolving. • Mormonism’s position on polygamy • Jehovah Witness rejection of Christian celebrations in the 1930’s

  7. Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (Mormons) Founded by Joseph Smith in Palmyra, New York In 1827 he received a revelation from the prophet Mormon. The prophet showed the text of the book of Mormon inscribed on two golden tablets. Examples of New Religious Movements - Mormonism

  8. Founded by Charles Taze Russell in the late19th century Predicted return of Christ in 1879 Rejected fundamental Christian beliefs such as the doctrine of the Trinity and the divinity of Christ Jehovah Witnesses

  9. Founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1875. Rejected the Trinity and all sacramentalism Reality exists only through the spiritual. Other aspects of matter and mankind are unreal and illusory. Evil is an illusion Christian Scientist

  10. Founded by Sung Myung Moon in 1954 in Seoul, Korea Claimed a direct revelation from God directing him to continue the work that Jesus failed to complete Believes communication with the spirits of dead Well known for its mass marriage ceremonies Openly uses its operations for the acquisition of wealth The Unification Church (Moonies)

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