New religious movements
World-accommodating NRMs – draw a clear distinction between the spiritual and the worldly spheres.
- NRMS lack most of the features traditionally associated with religious movements
- they tend to have no rituals, no official ideology, or even any collective meetings whatsoever.
- They encourage their members to remain within wider society but don’t fully accept the values and goals of society
- They aim to help their followers claim awareness of their inner power
- They claim to have a variety of paths to the truth such as in Sidda, Yoga
World-rejecting NRMs
- These are sect-like organisations that often have a leader
- They reject the secular world and seek radical change e.g. the Unification church (also known as Moonies
- They keep their distance from other religious organisations and see their members as uniquely legitimate with s clear boundary drawn between members and non-members
- They require a high level of commitment
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