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==History of the term==

==History of the term==

As a field of [[intellectual|scholarly]] endeavor, the study of New Religions emerged in Japan in the wake of the explosion of religious innovation following the [[Second World War]]. Even the name new religions is a direct translation of "shinshukyo", which Japanese [[sociologist]]s coined to refer to this [[phenomenon]]. The term was adopted in turn by Western scholars as an alternative to the older term [[cult]], which acquired a pejorative connotation during the 1970s, and was subsequently used indiscriminately by lay critics to disparage faiths whose doctrines they saw as unusual or heretical.[2] A number of scholars, especially in the [[sociology of religion]], use "new religious movement" to describe non-mainstream religions, while others use the term for benign alternative religions and reserve "cult" for groups - whether religious, psychotherapeutic, political or commercial - they believe to be extremely manipulative and exploitative.[3]

As a field of [[intellectual|scholarly]] endeavor, the study of New Religions emerged in Japan in the wake of the explosion of religious innovation following the [[Second World War]]. Even the name new religions is a direct translation of "shinshukyo", which Japanese [[sociologist]]s coined to refer to this [[phenomenon]]. The term was adopted in turn by Western scholars as an alternative to the older term [[cult]], which acquired a pejorative connotation during the 1970s, and was subsequently used indiscriminately by lay critics to disparage faiths whose doctrines they saw as unusual or heretical.[2] A number of scholars, especially in the [[sociology of religion]], use "new religious movement" to describe non-mainstream religions, while others use the term for benign alternative religions and reserve "cult" for groups - whether religious, psychotherapeutic, political or commercial - they believe to be extremely manipulative and exploitative.[3]

==See also==

==See also==

*'''''[[Cult]]'''''

*'''''[[Cult]]'''''

==Bibliography==

==Bibliography==

#Coney, J. (1998) “A response to Religious Liberty in Western Europe by Massimo Introvigne” ISKON Communications Journal, 5(2)

#Coney, J. (1998) “A response to Religious Liberty in Western Europe by Massimo Introvigne” ISKON Communications Journal, 5(2)

#Introvigne, Massimo (June 15, 2001). "The Future of Religion and the Future of New Religions". http://www.cesnur.org/2001/mi_june03.htm.  

#Introvigne, Massimo (June 15, 2001). "The Future of Religion and the Future of New Religions". https://www.cesnur.org/2001/mi_june03.htm.  

#Langone, Michael D.Secular and Religious Critiques of Cults: Complementary Visions, Not Irresolvable Conflicts,  

#Langone, Michael D.Secular and Religious Critiques of Cults: Complementary Visions, Not Irresolvable Conflicts,  

#Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition, New Religious Movements

#Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition, New Religious Movements

#Wollersheim v. Church of Scientology, 212 Cal.App.3d 872 (California Court of Appeal, Second District July 18, 1989).

#Wollersheim v. Church of Scientology, 212 Cal.App.3d 872 (California Court of Appeal, Second District July 18, 1989).

#Introvigne, Massimo, "So Many Evil Things": Anti-Cult Terrorism via the Internet,  

#Introvigne, Massimo, "So Many Evil Things": Anti-Cult Terrorism via the Internet,  

#Barker, Eileen, [http://www.fathom.com/feature/121938/ Introducing New Religious Movements],  

#Barker, Eileen, [https://www.fathom.com/feature/121938/ Introducing New Religious Movements],  

#The Foundation against Intolerance of Religious Minorities

#The Foundation against Intolerance of Religious Minorities

==External links==

==External links==

* [http://www.academicinfo.net/nrms.html AcademicInfo: Religious Movements Gateway - Directory of Online Resources]

* [https://www.academicinfo.net/nrms.html AcademicInfo: Religious Movements Gateway - Directory of Online Resources]

* [http://hirr.hartsem.edu/denom/new_religious_movements.html Hartford Institute of Religious Research: New religious movements]

* [https://hirr.hartsem.edu/denom/new_religious_movements.html Hartford Institute of Religious Research: New religious movements]

* [http://www.skepsis.nl/onlinetexts.html Online texts about NRMs]

* [https://www.skepsis.nl/onlinetexts.html Online texts about NRMs]

* [http://www.psychwww.com/psyrelig/sssrres.htm SSSR Resolution on New Religious Groups]

* [https://www.psychwww.com/psyrelig/sssrres.htm SSSR Resolution on New Religious Groups]

* [http://web.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/diskus/ Diskus] The on-disk journal of international Religious Studies

* [https://web.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/diskus/ Diskus] The on-disk journal of international Religious Studies

* [http://law.jrank.org/pages/9755/Religion.html Law Encyclopedia]

* [https://law.jrank.org/pages/9755/Religion.html Law Encyclopedia]

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