Types of classification of new religious movements
An overview of current publications on new religious movements (NRWs) causes the researcher to feel uncertain. Whatever article or scientific review we have taken, everywhere we find diametrically opposite judgments about the same phenomenon, which is not even defined. The question arises: is there...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Russian |
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Ukrainian Association of Researchers of Religion (UARR)
2000-06-01
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| Series: | Українське Pелігієзнавство |
| Online Access: | https://uars.info/index.php/uars/article/view/1078 |
| Summary: | An overview of current publications on new religious movements (NRWs) causes the researcher to feel uncertain. Whatever article or scientific review we have taken, everywhere we find diametrically opposite judgments about the same phenomenon, which is not even defined. The question arises: is there a general methodological research program for this phenomenon? Is there a comprehensive analysis of this phenomenon, in particular, the construction of a satisfactory classification? Here we can recall the words of the famous researcher M. Mueller that the basis of all true science lies in the classification, and if we fail to classify religious beliefs, we will have to conclude that scientific study of religion is impossible |
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| ISSN: | 2306-3548 2617-9792 |