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Mind Map by aniqa.mazumder, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by aniqa.mazumder
over 8 years ago
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NEW RELIGIOUS
MOVEMENTS and NEW AGE
MOVEMENTS
- NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS
- WALLIS
- World Rejecting
- Similar to cults, which are
extremely critical of
mainstream society.
- Members have to
be completely
committed
- EXAMPLE: The
People's Temple
- Similar to cults, which are
extremely critical of
mainstream society.
- World Affirming
- Offer a service- allow people
to achieve their 'full potential'
- EXAMPLE:
Scientology
- Require a little
commitment from its
members
- Offer a service- allow people
to achieve their 'full potential'
- World Accommodating
- Stem from traditional
religion and attempt to
revive beliefs which have
been lost in society
- EXAMPLE: Neo-Pentecostalism
- Stem from traditional
religion and attempt to
revive beliefs which have
been lost in society
- World Rejecting
- WALLIS
- NEW AGE MOVEMENTS
- Reasons for the growth in New
Age Movements
- Marginality- (Weber) Marginalised groups
in society may feel they are dis-privileged.
Sects offer a solution
- Relative deprivation- subjective
sense of being deprived. Middle
class people are materially well off,
however they may feel spiritually
deprived. They may therefore
break away from churches to form
sects.
- Social change- Rapid
change disrupts and
undermines established
norms and values.
- Marginality- (Weber) Marginalised groups
in society may feel they are dis-privileged.
Sects offer a solution
- Difference between 'New Religious
Movements' and 'New Age
Movements'
- EXAMPLES
- Astrology
- Meditation
- Astrology
- Reasons for the growth in New
Age Movements
- The New Age is a spiritual
movement. It's about being
spiritual rather than
religious
- New Religious Movements
is often used in place of
sects and cults.
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