The Not-So-New Religious Movements: Changes in ‘the Cult Scene’ over the Past Forty Years
New religious movements (NRMs) tend to exhibit certain characteristics that change with the arrival of second and subsequent generations. The paper explores some of the internally motivated revisions that may be due to demographic changes or disappointed expectations, and some of the changes brought...
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| description | New religious movements (NRMs) tend to exhibit certain characteristics that change with the arrival of second and subsequent generations. The paper explores some of the internally motivated revisions that may be due to demographic changes or disappointed expectations, and some of the changes brought about through the economic, political, technological, legal and cultural influences from the wider society. Although there are always exceptions, unqualified boundaries tend to become more porous and negotiable as the movements accommodate to the outside world and ‘denominationalise’. The paper ends with a brief description of some of the more general changes in ‘the cult scene’ over the past 40 years. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-66aeebf9e1ef425ba3cb0408e4969eb32022-12-21T23:58:25ZengFinnish Society for the Study of ReligionTemenos2342-72562015-01-0150210.33356/temenos.48461The Not-So-New Religious Movements: Changes in ‘the Cult Scene’ over the Past Forty YearsEileen Barker0London School of EconomicsNew religious movements (NRMs) tend to exhibit certain characteristics that change with the arrival of second and subsequent generations. The paper explores some of the internally motivated revisions that may be due to demographic changes or disappointed expectations, and some of the changes brought about through the economic, political, technological, legal and cultural influences from the wider society. Although there are always exceptions, unqualified boundaries tend to become more porous and negotiable as the movements accommodate to the outside world and ‘denominationalise’. The paper ends with a brief description of some of the more general changes in ‘the cult scene’ over the past 40 years.https://journal.fi/temenos/article/view/48461CultsNRMsNew Religious MovementsSectsChangeDenominationalisation |
| spellingShingle | Eileen Barker The Not-So-New Religious Movements: Changes in ‘the Cult Scene’ over the Past Forty Years Temenos Cults NRMs New Religious Movements Sects Change Denominationalisation |
| title | The Not-So-New Religious Movements: Changes in ‘the Cult Scene’ over the Past Forty Years |
| title_full | The Not-So-New Religious Movements: Changes in ‘the Cult Scene’ over the Past Forty Years |
| title_fullStr | The Not-So-New Religious Movements: Changes in ‘the Cult Scene’ over the Past Forty Years |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Not-So-New Religious Movements: Changes in ‘the Cult Scene’ over the Past Forty Years |
| title_short | The Not-So-New Religious Movements: Changes in ‘the Cult Scene’ over the Past Forty Years |
| title_sort | not so new religious movements changes in the cult scene over the past forty years |
| topic | Cults NRMs New Religious Movements Sects Change Denominationalisation |
| url | https://journal.fi/temenos/article/view/48461 |
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