New religous movment

• What is the term for new religions and organizations like the Children of God?

  New religious movement
• How does Wallis categorize new religious movements?

  Into three groups
• What are the three groups of new religious movements according to Wallis?

  • Word rejecting NRMs
  • World accommodating NRMs
  • World affirming NRMs
• What is a common characteristic of new religious movements like the Children of God?

  They often break away from mainstream churches
• How do new religious movements differ from conventional religious groups?

  They may lack some conventional features of religion
• What is the focus of world accommodating NRMs?

  On religious rather than worldly matters
• How do world affirming NRMs view the world?

  They accept the world as it is
• What do members of new religious movements seek to restore?

  The spiritual purity of religion
• What is a characteristic of new religious movements regarding exclusivity?

  They are non-exclusive and tolerant of other religions
• What must members do to achieve salvation in new religious movements?

  Make a sharp break with their former life
• From which religions do many new religious movements break away?

  Catholicism
• What is a common characteristic of cults within new religious movements?

  Followers are often customers rather than members
• How do members typically enter cults in new religious movements?

  Through training
• What moral stance do most new religious movements tend to have?

  Conservative morals
• What do Neo-Pentecostalists believe about other Christian regions?

  They have lost the Holy Spirit
• How many members did Scientology have in the UK?

  About 165,000 members
• How many members did the Moons have in the UK?

  Only 1,200 members
• What are the beliefs of the Children of God as a world rejecting NRM?

  • Apocalypticism
  • Law of love
  • Spiritual authority
  • Sexual freedom
  • Loving Jesus
  • Flirty fishing
  • Keys of the kingdom
  • Communal living
  • Missionary focus
• What distinguishes Neo-Pentecostalists from other NRMs?

  • Emerges from Pentecostalism
  • Remain within traditional church structures
  • Share similar beliefs
• What is the aim of world affirming NRMs like Scientology?

  • Enhance personal development
  • Achieve success
  • Do not reject mainstream values