new religious movement (NRM)
- new religious movement (NRM)
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Any religion originating in recent centuries having characteristic traits including eclecticism and syncretism, a leader who claims extraordinary powers, and a "countercultural" aspect.
Regarded as outside the mainstream of society, NRMs in the West are extremely diverse but include millennialist movements (e.g., the Jehovah's Witnesses), Westernized Hindu or Buddhist movements (e.g., the
Hare Krishna movement),
so-called "scientific" groups (e.g.,
Scientology), and nature religions (see
Neo-Paganism). In the East they include China's 19th-century Taiping movement (see
Taiping rebellion) and present-day
Falun Gong movement, Japan's
Tenrikyo and
PL Kyodan, and Korea's Ch'ondogyo and
Unification Church. Some NRMs fade away or meet tragic ends; others, such as the
Mormon church, eventually become accepted as mainstream.
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Universalium.
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