List of new religious movements

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This List of new religious movements (NRMs), lists groups that either identify themselves as religious, ethical or spiritual organizations or are generally seen as such by religious scholars, which are independent of older denominations, churches, or religious bodies. This list reflects the fact that there is no generally agreed upon scholarly definition of new religious movement.[1] Parody religions are included.

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[edit] By main influence

[edit] Influenced by major religions

Many new religious movements consider themselves continuations of one or several world religions.

[edit] Abrahamic

[edit] Christian-oriented

Main article: List of Christian denominations

[edit] Islam-oriented / Quranic

Main article: Quranic religions

[edit] Judaism-oriented

[edit] Eastern

Further information: Eastern religions

[edit] Buddhist-oriented

Main article: Schools of Buddhism

[edit] Hinduism-oriented

Main articles: Hindu revivalism and List of Hindu organisations

[edit] Taoism-oriented

[edit] Syncretic

Further information: Omnism

Faiths created from blending earlier religions or that consider all or some religions to be essentially the same, often founded by Messiah/Buddha claimants that profess to fulfill several prophecies at once.

[edit] Regional

New religious movements with ties to local "indigenous" traditions or geographically limited influence.

[edit] East Asian

[edit] Filipino

[edit] Indonesian

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Korean

[edit] Taiwanese

[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Central Asian

[edit] Pacific

[edit] American

[edit] African

New religious movements drawing on traditional African religions.

[edit] Afro-American

Afro-American religions

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[edit] Western

Western new religious movements growing out of 19th and 20th century Romanticism, Spiritism, Occultism or the New Age movement.

[edit] Esoteric, spiritist

[edit] Alien-based religions

[edit] New Age, syncretic pagan, nature-oriented

[edit] Neopaganism

[edit] Entheogenic

Religions based around divinely inspiring substances

[edit] Reconstructionist Neopagan

Further information: List of Pagan traditions

Modern religions seeking to reconstruct and revive historical, usually pre-Christian, beliefs and practices, since the 1970s.

[edit] Technology-oriented

Movements that espouse faith in technology's role in human advancement, often promising a quasi-paradisical existence as advanced artificial intelligence gradually takes over the universe.

[edit] Supremacist religions

New religious movements emphasizing racial or ethnic supremacism.

Further information: religious terrorism

[edit] Parody or mock religions

Groups that poke fun at other religions or religion in general

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  1. ^ The definitions of "new" varies greatly. Some authors such as Eileen Barker and David V. Barrett, see as new movements those originating or appearing in a new context after World War II, others define as "new" movements originating after the Bahá'í Faith (mid 19th century) or even everything originating after Sikhism (17th century).
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin (1993). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Active New Religions, Sects, and Cults. New York: Rosen Pub. Group. ISBN 0823915050. 
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