Category:New religious movements
A new religious movement (NRM), or alternative religious movement, is a faith-based community, or ethical, spiritual, or philosophical group originating in the modern age. NRMs may be novel in origin or they may be part of a wider religion, such as Christianity, in which case they will be distinct from pre-existing denominations.
There is no one criterion or set of criteria for describing a group as a "new religious movement". NRMs are diverse in their beliefs, practices, organization, and societal acceptance. Generally, denominations of world faiths that are considered part of the mainstream of their religion are not seen as new religious movements.
Movements, groups, and organizations that are commonly described in reliable sources as new religious movements, alternative religious movements, cults, marginal religious movements, or equivalent labels should be added to this category.
Some authors use World War II as the dividing line after which anything is "new", whereas others define as "new" everything after the advent of the Bahá'í Faith (mid-19th century) or even everything after Sikhism (17th century). The New Thought originated in the 1890s, so the label "new" has been used actively for more than a hundred years.
Subcategories
This category has the following 60 subcategories, out of 60 total.
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C
- Cargo cults (13 P)
- Creativity (religion) (5 P)
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F
- Fraternitas Saturni (6 P)
G
- Ghost Dance movement (11 P)
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- New Acropolis (2 P)
- Nuwaubianism (4 P)
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- Roerichism (9 P)
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- Sahaja Yoga (3 P)
- Santo Daime (5 P)
- Satanism and Nazism (21 P)
- Setians (5 P)
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- Theistic Satanism (5 P)
U
- Universal Life Church (9 P)
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Pages in category "New religious movements"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 221 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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- Academic study of new religious movements
- Adi Dharm
- Aetherius Society
- African Theological Archministry
- Agni Yoga
- Amica Temple of Radiance
- Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
- Ancient Teachings of the Masters
- Anthroposophy
- Association for Research and Enlightenment
- Atrocity story
- Aumism
- Ausar Auset Society
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C
- Cargo cult
- Centers for Spiritual Living
- Church of Body Modification
- Church of Euthanasia
- Church of Hakeem
- Church of Light
- Church of Satan
- Church of the Higher Life
- Church of the Universe
- Church of World Messianity
- Church Universal and Triumphant
- Cognitive science of new religious movements
- Creativity (religion)
- Cybersectarianism
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- Sacrament of Transition
- Sadharan Brahmo Samaj
- Sahaja Yoga
- Saint Germain Foundation
- Saminism Movement
- Santo Daime
- The Satanic Temple
- Satprem
- Satsang (Deoghar)
- Satya Dharma
- Science of Spirituality
- Scientology
- Church of Scientology
- Sekta Niebo
- Self religion
- Self-Realization Fellowship
- Sheilaism
- Shinreikyo
- Silver Sisterhood
- Sky Kingdom
- Society of Guardians
- Spiritual church movement
- Spiritualism (movement)
- Spiritualist church
- Rudolf Steiner
- Stella Matutina
- Stregheria
- Subud
- Summum
- Swaminarayan Sampradaya
- Swissindo
- Synanon