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What are new religions?

IMG_2318The term “New Religions” can be defined in several ways. ISSNR has chosen to adopt a broad definition. In the narrow sense, “New Religions” is a term applied especially to religious phenomenon that emerged in the West after the mid-1900s. More widely understood, the term can also include older religious movements or organizations such as, for example, the Theosophical Society or the Jehovah’s Witnesses – which are “new” in a specific historical context. The term encompasses organized groups such as the Church of Scientology and Eckankar, as well as less organized movements such as contemporary Paganism (Neo-Paganism). Many of these groups and movements are international and can be found in numerous countries. There are also new religious movements that are specific to a particular country or to a particular area of the world. In recent decades, new religions or new religious movements outside of the Western context have attracted attention. Additionally, the concept of New Religions includes less organized phenomena, such as the so-called New Age and alternative spirituality, as well as new expressions within established religions.

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The newest issue of Nova Religio. The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions have been just published. This is a special issue dedicated to the study of religious leadership in new religions.

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Volume 24 Issue 4 | Nova Religio | University of California Press

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Read the current issue of Nova Religio.
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The new issue of the Journal of CESNUR is published.

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We are pleased to announce the publication of Nova Religio 24.3. online.ucpress.edu/nr/issue/24/3. Includes articles on Vedic wisdom in Russia, the Medjugorje pilgrimage site, Queer Mennonite leadership, and Hindu statuary among spiritual seekers. Also, a memorial for our colleague Liselotte Frisk. ... See MoreSee Less

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The War-Locks and The Hem-Locks and the The Dread-Locks: Have any of you questioned why Israelites are behaving they way they are behaving, hating, brewing hate, and harming Palestinians, bombing them, expelling them, evicting them from their homes and Palestine, usurping their homes, usurping their property, stealing with self-authorised permits and auto-biographed authorisations ? Creating Apartheid, Walls, Barriers, Discriminating, Separating, and Out-Casting Palestinians ? This is abhorrent aberrant behaviour of hating others and stealing from others ? Where are the expelled Palestinians supposed to go ? Why are the expelled families not recompensated or resettled ? Why are Israelites carrying out these barbaric crimes of hatred and Evil ? Why dont Jewish people condemn Israelites and Zionists ? Why are Jewish people and Jewish Race silent and supportive of the War crimes in Israel by Israelites and Jewry War-locks and Hem-locks ? Why don't Jewry condemn the Apartheid of Israelite Jews and JEWISH ZIONSTS ? WHY IS THEIR RACE SO SO SILENT ABOUT THESE CRIMES ?

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Open Access book on the demise of religion is now available.

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Bloomsbury Collections - The Demise of Religion - How Religions End, Die, or Dissipate

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This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Why do reli...
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