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central process in the formation of new religions, blending of new and old forms of relgions
syncretism
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sub-process of syncretism, creative mixing of new religious identities from older ones
religious hybridity
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decay and dispersal of old religious forms, sub-process of syncretism
Departicularization
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What terms do scholars prefer?
New Religious Movements (NRM)
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What terms are used by sociologists and religious studies people?
Sect and cult
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From a latin word used by Roman Catholic Church to refer to acts of devotion to Mary and Saints, 1st used by sociologists in 1930s for less traditional beliefs and had charismatic leaders,
- 1960s it became a negative name
cult
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What is mixed with older religious elements with other cultural expressions?
NRMs
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What type of NRM contains more new elements than traditional relgious elements
- Ex: scientology
Nontraditional NRMs
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What type of NRM contains fewer new religious elements than traditional
- Ex: christian, Islamic, and Buddhist-based NRMs
Traditional NRMs
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What is the recent Persian NRM?
The Buha'i faith, One God, One Revelation
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What are the elements of Tripolar Typology?
Exclusivism, Inclusivism, and Pluralism
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The glory of God, arose in 19th century Iran
Baha'i
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Baha'i scripture
Kitab-i-Aqdas
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the Gate, predecessor of Baha'u'llah
The Bab
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religious movement founded by the Bab, followers are call Babis
Babism
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the glory of God, led Babis after execution of the Bab, a messianic figure
Baha'u'llah
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religious movement including, surpassing, and superseding another movement
Supersessionism
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claims to supersede and replace another religious movement
strong supersessionism (replacement theology)
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religious movement sees itself as improving upon but not replacing another religious movement
weak supersessionism (fullfilment theology)
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What are the three onenesses?
Oneness of God, Oneness of Humanity, and Oneness of Religion
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strategy for gaining legitimation by a new religious movement, and sees itself restoring teaching of the parent religion that the new religion claims were forgotten or corrupted by parent religion
Restorationism
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grounded in radical reformation, originated in Boston, rejected the trinity
Unitarianism
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major movement in 19th century, proclaimed salvation of all, Hosea Ballou
Universalism
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Who is a Boston minister and central figure of Unitarianism?
William Ellery Channing
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Who is a minister and central figure of the Universalism faith, taught "Death and Glory" doctrine?
Hosea Ballou
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christian pluralism, burned-over district in NY
-founder Joosephy Smith who talked to angel Moroni
Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints (Mormonism)
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the Greates Catholic Christian Spiritual writer in 20th century, author of Seven Storey Mountain (about conversion)
Thomas Merton
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movement that look to an earthly recreation of paradise on Earth
Millennialist movement
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movement that expect the coming of a messiah figure
Messianic movements
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Who was the Babptist Preacher from new England
William Miller
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an adventist prophet
Ellen G. White
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Occurred on Oct. 22, 1844
The Great Dissapointment
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7th day Sabbath (Saturday)
Sabbatarianism
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Type of Adventist Teaching about final Matters (eschatology), there is no soul, but the body will be resurrected
Christian immortality
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Type of Adventist Teaching about final Matters (eschatology), after death, there is "an unconscious state for all people" until the second coming
conditional immortality
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Type of Adventist Teaching about final Matters (eschatology), after the Millennium, a "fire from God will consume [the unrighteous] and cleanse the Earth...of sin and sinners forever"
Earth's final cleansing
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who was the jehavah's witnesses founder, millennialist?
Charles Taze Russell
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"Spiritual composure, physical health, and even economic well-being...flow from a persona's rapport with the cosmos" (sidney ahlstom)
Harmonialism
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Who was the founder of Christian Science?
Mary Baker Eddy
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What is "Only God is real, the body and illness are unreal"?
the basic belief of Christian Science
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Who wrote the new scripture "Science and Health"?
Mary Baker Eddy
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Who was the founder of unity, student of Eddy, and harmonialist new religious movement?
Charles and Myrtle Fillmore
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the diving within all human rights
Christ (as referred to by the Unity Movement)
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receiving messages from a spiritual dimension
Channeling
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Professor of psychology at columbia, channel who spoke in the name of Jesus, in 1965 a voice told her 'this is a course in miracles. Please take notes"
Helen Schucman
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"Miracles" are "shifts in perception" that cancel false belief in guilt, death, illness, sin, time, and space
Miracle (according to ACIM)
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Who saw himself as the messiah, the savior, and "the True Parent" of humanity; Unification movement and millenialist?
Rev. Sun Myung
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Hubbard's self-help, pop psychology, in Scientology
Dianetics
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the spirit or soul, in Scientology
Thetan
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One gets to the clear state by auditing releases the Thetan and removing negative emotion, Scientology
Thetan
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